Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

Context

Executive Order 7799—Enlarging Lower Souris Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

01/26/1938

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