Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I do not want to think that it is the destiny of any American to remain permanently on relief rolls."

"The emergency purpose of the N.R.A. was to put men to work."

"I believe with Abraham Lincoln, that 'The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all or cannot do so well for themselves in..."

"Private enterprise in times such as these cannot be left without assistance and without reasonable safeguards lest it destroy not only itself but also our processes of civilization."