Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I express to you, on behalf of the Government and the people of the United States, a deep sense of obligation and gratitude for the unswerving devotion which your respective Governments and peoples have given to the cause which we all have so much at heart—the maintenance of peace on our continent.

Context

Address to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union

04/13/1937

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