Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States...the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution.

I do hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily exists between Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Italy.

I do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States...to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the Joint Resolution above set...

Notwithstanding the hope we entertained that war would be avoided, we are now compelled to recognize the simple and indisputable fact that E...