Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"The sovereignty of the United States will be in no way diminished or jeopardized by such action."

"The United States has an opportunity once more to throw its weight into the scale in favor of peace."

"Mrs. Carmen B. Knox may be appointed as a clerk in the Post Office Department in the classified service without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules."

"It is ordered that the public land in Alaska... be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry."