President Roosevelt believed about the powers of the president that presidential power can extend beyond the Constitution when it is best for the nation. Option D is correct.
He said: My view was that every executive officer . . . was a steward of the people. . . . I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the nation could not be done by the president unless he could find some specific authorization to do so.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.