Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

A self-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no justification for the existence of child labor, no economic reason for chiseling workers' wages or stretching workers' hours.

Context

Message to Congress on Establishing Minimum Wages and Maximum Hours

05/23/1937

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