Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

This waste could be curtailed to the advantage of the individual motorist, and likewise to the advantage of the country, if the speed of all motor vehicles were limited to a maximum of forty miles per hour.

Context

Appeal to Governors to Conserve Rubber by Reducing Speed Limits

03/13/1942

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