Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"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."

"I do hereby exempt Lee C. Corbett from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until February 1, 1938."