Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"It must be borne in mind that the expense of maintaining the judicial system constitutes hardly three-tenths of one percent of the cost of maintaining the federal establishment."

"The duty of a judge involves more than presiding or listening to testimony or arguments."

"We have witnessed the spectacle of conflicting decisions in both trial and appellate courts on the constitutionality of every form of important legislation."

"It is obvious, therefore, from both reason and experience, that some provision must be adopted, which will operate automatically to supplement the work of older judges and accelerate the work of the c..."