Warren Harding actually said...

"If war must come again—God grant that it shall not!—then we must draft all of the nation in carrying on."

"We have come thus far, and thus fortunately, through the most difficult period of reconstruction that we have ever known."

"It will be righteous and just, it will be more effective in war and marked by less regret in the aftermath, if we draft all of capital, all of industry, all of agriculture, all of commerce, all of tal..."

"I believe our policy, and its results, have reflected the sound judgment of the overwhelming majority of the American people."