Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby further exempt the said James L. Hughes from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending November 30, 1941.

Executive Order 8562—Exemption of James L. Hughes From Compulsory Retirement for Age

10/07/1940

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

I believe that history will say that we were better prepared for this war than for any previous war in all our history.

The insurance policies of the United States and your savings are safer than they ever were in the whole history of the United States.

Religious intolerance, social intolerance, and political intolerance have no place in our American life.

I hope to come back here very often either as a private citizen, or as President of the United States.