Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

This Government will insure the adequate defense of Iceland with full recognition of the independence of Iceland as a sovereign state.

Message to Congress on Landing Troops in Iceland, Trinidad, and British Guiana

07/06/1941

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

Adequate credit upon reasonable terms must be assured.

Too much is at stake to forget.

I think that is a matter of plain good citizenship.

More than a million members of our armed forces have indicated their intention to reestablish themselves in civilian life as farmers and ran...