Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I hereby declare that the following military service is noncombatant service: Service in any unit which is unarmed at all times."

"An opportunity is presented to complete a seaway comparable in economic value to the Panama Canal."

"No one who has studied our national-defense problems and the international situation can possibly fail to see the need for this project in the defense of the continent."

"I am preparing to press for the immediate construction of this project."