Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The Administrator is authorized to acquire, by purchase or by the power of eminent domain, any real property or any interest therein.

Executive Order 7057—Establishing the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration

05/27/1935

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

The Army and Navy are military things. The Army and Navy naturally would decide.

The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world.

I hereby exempt the said Walter C. Mendenhall from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 28, 1942.