Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The care of the disabled, the sick, the destitute and the starving in all ranks of our population—that, my friends, is the first thing.

It is the same thought, to put it into naval terms, as to say that the speed of a fleet is the speed of the slowest vessel in the fleet.

The improvement of their hard lot—for they exist in every community—is a definite obligation on all of our citizens.

It must remain our constant objective to eliminate the causes of depression and the drags on prosperity.