Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

There is a general misunderstanding in regard to the Government's obligation in this matter.

Letter to American Legion Commander Garland R. Farmer on the Soldiers' Bonus Issue

12/26/1934

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

We seek not the prosperity of 1929 but the kind which will mean to every American family an assurance of safety of the home.

Prosperity measured in dollars is coming back.

Does that look to you like the end of private enterprise?

We tried to rebuild that machine, to modernize it and to turn on the purchasing power.