Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Then, as now, considerations of safety from overseas attack were fundamental.

Press Conference on Board President's Train En Route to Washington, D.C.

09/02/1940

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

The effect of this bill would be to deprive the people of the United States of the benefits of an area of national significance.

I am convinced that Jackson Hole is an 'object of historic or scientific interest' within the meaning of that Act.

I cannot assent to the position taken by the proponents of H. R. 2241 that the monument reserve should be annulled.

I recognize the seriousness of the tax problem that might be produced in Teton County, Wyoming.