Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"We can provide for the orderly development of our resources and the provision of needed facilities for our people."

"The list of public works submitted by the President in the Budget Message would, of course, be wholly advisory."

"This summary list of projects involving the uses of water is not to be regarded as fixed or final, as the report itself notes, but rather indicates a great forward step in the development of the plann..."

"I have suggested a permanent planning agency under the Chief Executive in order that, among other things, all public works proposals may filter from the many individual departments and bureaus to a ce..."