Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"A great and unique figure has been lost to our national life in the death of Colonel House."

"I believe the proposals of the Hungarian Government should receive the most careful consideration of the Congress."

"Few Americans have possessed in such degree the confidence of statesmen at home and abroad as did this modest and self-effacing man."

"I have been impelled to remove you for the following reasons: Openly making grave and libelous charges of dishonesty and want of integrity against your fellow directors without reasonable excuse or ju..."