Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I do not propose eliminating Federal aid to highways, but I do ask that such aid be restored to approximately the pre-depression figures."

"The result is that the President and the Director of the Budget arrive at a figure for each department and agency which they believe to be the proper amount under which the functions required by law c..."

"If the forecast of tax receipts made by these experts show that the departmental estimates of expenditures will exceed the estimated tax receipts, the President instructs the Director of the Budget to..."

"This year I recommend that such items be curtailed."