Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I hereby prescribe the following duties and functions of the said Rural Electrification Administration to be exercised and performed by the Administrator thereof to be hereafter appointed:"

"I much prefer to continue the conferences in the free and informal fashion."

"It is not my purpose this year to issue a special proclamation on the subject as I believe that the attention of the American people will be so devoted to the cause of that day that repeated formal ac..."

"I prefer to think that the tributes which will be paid to mothers will come simply and spontaneously from our hearts."