Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"It is hereby ordered that Mr. Eli Frank, Jr., may be appointed to the position of Chief, Legal Division, Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department."

"It is hereby ordered that Mr. William H. Agee may be appointed to the position of special counsel to the collector of customs at New York, Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department."

"About 120,000,000 people out of 125,000,000 understand plain English; there seems to be a very, very small minority that does not understand plain English."

"The question of minorities is not a tremendously serious one, because that has to be worked out in each individual case."