Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"The Government of the United States has neither partiality for nor prejudice against any faction or individual in Cuba."

"We feel that no official action of the United States should at any time operate as an obstacle to the free and untrammeled determination by the Cuban people of their own destinies."

"We have followed the course of events in Cuba with a most friendly concern and with a consistent desire to be of help to the Cuban people."

"We earnestly hope that in the near future through a spirit of compromise on all sides, the Cuban people themselves will reach a peaceful agreement."