Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I never felt more sure about anything than I do about the fact that these conferences are an indispensable part of the successful conduct of the war."

"This war is not being run by conferences, it goes far deeper than that."

"An employee whose active services are terminated as a result of the expiration of a statute in connection with the administration of which he is employed and who at the time of such expiration has not..."

"Entire unity of aim and method should be maintained at the summit of the war direction."