Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I do not propose eliminating Federal aid to highways, but I do ask that such aid be restored to approximately the pre-depression figures."

"I am confident that the Congress and the public will bear in mind certain fundamentals relating to the making of the National Budget."

"This year I recommend that such items be curtailed."

"The result is that the President and the Director of the Budget arrive at a figure for each department and agency which they believe to be the proper amount under which the functions required by law c..."