Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"The enemy is constantly at work trying to undermine public confidence in the Government; why should members of that Government help him along by undermining it themselves?"

"Too often in recent months, responsible officials of the Government have made public criticism of other agencies of the Government."

"It contributes only to the confusion of the public, which naturally does not know what to believe on an involved issue when it gets different stories on successive days from officials of equal standin..."

"Frightfulness can never bring peace to Europe."