Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized to exercise the authority contained in the said Title II of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, to acquire, use, and dispose of any real proper..."

"I think it should be done."

"I believe it to be highly important that a small committee of distinguished and disinterested citizens be appointed for the purpose of making a quick but adequate survey of the entire rubber question."

"It is, therefore, as a tangible expression of our admiration for all that The Netherlands' Navy has done, and is doing, that I have the great pleasure of turning over to you, under the provisions of t..."