Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service."

"Organizations of Government employees have a logical place in Government affairs."

"[u]pon employees in the Federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people, whose interests and welfare require orderliness and continuity in the conduct of Government activities."

"Agricultural legislation, so desired by our farmers, should not be further delayed by the insertion in an otherwise acceptable agricultural bill of manufacturing restrictions."