Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The parity principle for which this Administration has stood since 1933 was a good standard for peacetime—it is a good standard for war.

Letter Opposing a Rise in the Parity Price Formula

09/16/1942

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

I like to think that the history of the Philippine Islands... provides in a very real sense a pattern for the future of other small Nations ...

Concern for our national security does not end at our borders.

We have the will and the power to teach her the cost of treachery and deceit.

There never was a doubt that the people of the Philippines were worthy of their independence.