Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

No backward steps are taken.

I need not tell you of my own deep personal happiness that my birthday is being made the occasion for aiding this splendid work.

I wish that I might be with each and every one of you at each and every one of these parties and entertainments in every State in the countr...

To all of you who are so generously helping the cause of crippled children everywhere, I also send my thanks and my best wishes.