Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Recognizing that the practice of striking special coins in commemoration of historical events and of permitting the sponsoring organization to sell them at a profit was a misuse of our coinage system."

"These coins do not have a wide circulation as a medium of exchange, and, because of the multiplicity of designs arising from the issuance of such coins, they jeopardize the integrity of our coins and ..."

"The best brains in the poor communities will either have no chance to develop or will migrate to those places where their ability will stand a better chance."

"It is a policy which can never be merely unilateral."