Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Words may be futile, but war is not the only means of commanding a decent respect for the opinions of mankind.

Our nation's program of social and economic reform is therefore a part of defense, as basic as armaments themselves.

I do not regard a penny of it as wasted.

all lands of the United States within the following-described boundaries... are hereby included in and reserved as part of the Hiawatha Nati...