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.

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Message to Congress on Establishing Minimum Wages and Maximum Hours

05/23/1937

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