Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Included in it are the Social Security Act intended to safeguard workers against the major hazards of life.

Letter of Greeting on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Department of Labor

03/02/1938

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A tax upon inherited economic power is a tax upon static wealth, not upon that dynamic wealth.

This new proposal for the striking of suitable medals will, I believe, encourage the adequate observance of these anniversaries.

I am heartily in favor of Section ii.

Great accumulations of wealth cannot be justified on the basis of personal and family security.