Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"The Congress hereby declares that a serious emergency exists by reason of the general economic depression."

"Mrs. Leafie E. Dietz ... is hereby designated as required by law to sign my name to said patents."

"I deem it of equal importance to take other and simultaneous steps without waiting for a later meeting of the Congress."

"Just for background, speaking on that by way of explanation, these people would be people who are today on the dole."