Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I decline to permit this Government to undertake a policy of interference in the domestic concerns of foreign Governments and thereby jeopardize the maintenance of peaceful conditions.

Context

Letter on Policy regarding Religious Activities in Mexico

11/12/1935

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