Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I reserve the right by virtue of the authority vested in me to revoke or modify this proclamation as the interest of the United States may seem to require.

Context

Proclamation 2268—Relating to Newly-Mined Domestic Silver

12/29/1937

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