Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I would, therefore, urge upon the Congress that all but policy-forming positions be placed within its provisions.

Letters on the Extension of the Merit System in the Civil Service

06/01/1937

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

After the ballots are counted, the United States of America will still be united.

We people of America know that man cannot live by bread alone.

I believe that the American people will say: 'Forward!'

For the past seven years I have had the high honor and the grave responsibility of leadership of the American people.