Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

There is no reason why either Government or private banking industry should not consider trees just as much of an asset as houses or barns.

Remarks at the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of State Conservation at Lake Placid

09/13/1935

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

I prefer to think that the tributes which will be paid to mothers will come simply and spontaneously from our hearts.

It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the above-described island be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, ...

We believe that further progress will best be brought about by its continuance for a further period of two years, rather than the enactment ...

The National Industrial Recovery Act has not been in effect long enough to demonstrate whether or not it will be effective for its purposes.