Although the French economist Jean Monnet had used the phrase later in 1940, he was urged by Felix Frankfurter not to use it again so Roosevelt could make use of it in his speeches.
Selv om den franske økonom Jean Monnet havde brugt vendingen senere i 1940, blev han bedt om at lade være med at bruge den igen, så Roosevelt kunne gøre brug af den i sine taler.