Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"We have undertaken a national policy."

"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..."

"The water-power resources of the nation must be protected from private monopoly and used for the benefit of the people."

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