Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"There isn't anyone in this room who knows how to run one of those, and there are darned few people in the country."

"These Acts give the Securities and Exchange Commission power to regulate investment trusts and investment counselors."

"Personally, I am absolutely opposed to the postponement because it means in these days—and we all know what the world situation is—nearly a year of delay."

"We have proved one thing pretty conclusively this year and last year, and that is that we have too many men that are soft."