Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"We want them to feel that they are getting work, even though the amount they get in pay for their work is somewhat below what they would be able to earn in private jobs."

"We cannot discriminate in any of the work we are conducting either because of race or religion or politics."

"Politics, so far as we are concerned, is out."

"The objective is to put three and a half million men to work during the coming fiscal year."