Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"We shall assume that responsibility cheerfully and in full faith that democracy can be made to function in the world of today as effectively as it did in the simple world in which our Nation was born ..."

"It was necessary for our Government in a time of such emergency to be in a position to bargain with other governments by means of energetic and decisive negotiations."

"Ten years ago public erection of fifty-one big, carefully planned community projects, replacing festering slum areas, would have seemed incredible."

"Millions of Americans still live in habitations which not only fail to provide the physical benefits of modern civilization, but breed disease and impair the health of future generations."