Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Ours is the responsibility of defending these principles which have come to us as our national heritage.

Radio Address from the U.S.S. Potomac for Jackson Day Dinners

03/28/1941

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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States.

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I hereby exempt the said Frank S. Smith from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending September 30, 1939.