Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The enemy is constantly at work trying to undermine public confidence in the Government; why should members of that Government help him along by undermining it themselves?

Context

Letter to Each Federal Department and Agency on Public Disagreements Between Federal Officials

08/20/1942

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