Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I ask that employers- all over the country—will so arrange the work day, that they and all their employees can go to the polls and that there will be no deductions in pay for reasonable time necessari..."

"We are engaged in an all-out war to keep democracy alive."

"Democracy survives through the courage and fortitude and wisdom of many generations of fighting Americans."

"I hope very much that the press and the radio will tell all citizens of the United States that the President hopes they will go to the polls next Tuesday and vote."