Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"The Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps is authorized to undertake projects on lands belonging to or under the jurisdiction or control of counties and municipalities."

"By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Canal Zone Code."

"Suppose Nature is good again next year, and... the Government does not do anything about it?"

"The people understand pretty thoroughly today, the great majority, that the Constitution is not intended to block social and economic reforms through Court legislation."