Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I think it would have been preferable to bring the positions within the civil service system.

Letter to the President of the Senate on Inclusions in the Merit System.

06/27/1937

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You and I, as the responsible directors of these policies and actions, may, with good reason, look to the future with confidence.

Our task involves the making of a better living out of the lands that we have.

We must dedicate ourselves anew to a recovery of the old and sacred possessive rights for which mankind has constantly struggled—homes, live...

The American people can be trusted to decide wisely upon the measures taken by the Government to eliminate the abuses of the past.