Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

He was neither authorized to make, nor has he made, any commitments involving the Government of the United States.

Statement on the Return of Under Secretary of State Welles from His European Mission

03/28/1940

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

I do direct that the flag shall be displayed upon all Government buildings on October 11, 1937, as a mark of respect to the memory of Genera...

Deeply we appreciate that the distress or difficulty of any one part of the Union adversely affects each and every other part.

I like to think that it was the will of God that we remain one people.

We must not deny that the effects of the so-called 'era of reconstruction made themselves felt in many evil ways for half a century.