Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

A Nation cannot function as a healthy democracy with part of its citizens living under good conditions and part forced to live under circumstances inimical to the general welfare.

Context

Greeting to the National Public Housing Conference

01/13/1937

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

I hereby approve said amendment and modify my previous approval of the Code of Fair Competition for the Distilled Spirits Rectifying Industr...
1/9/1935
I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recov...
1/9/1935
Executive Order No. 5172, dated August 9, 1929, withdrawing public lands in secs. 4 to 9, 16 to 21, 28 to 30, inclusive, T. 3 S., R. 7 E., e...
1/8/1935
It is ordered that Executive Order No. 6910, dated November 26, 1934, temporarily withdrawing all public land in certain States, be, and it ...
1/3/1935

View All Franklin Roosevelt Quotes