Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Apart from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Columbia Valley Authority, and the Mississippi River Commission, the work of these regional bodies... would consist chiefly in developing integrated plan..."

"We must act while there is yet time if we would preserve for ourselves and our posterity the natural sources of a virile national life."

"National planning should start at the bottom."

"Prudent management demands not merely works which will guard against these calamities, but carefully formulated plans to prevent their occurrence."