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I am glad that I have been introduced as your neighbor.

It is not book knowledge alone that counts.

I would like to see the pay of the teachers in the whole State of Georgia approximate more nearly the pay of the teachers in the State of New York.

I do hereby exempt John G. Honey from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until July 1, 1938.

Let them try that advice on sweating men piling sandbags on the levees at Cairo.

Democracy in many lands has failed for the time being to meet human needs.

My great ambition on January 20, 1941, is to turn over this desk and chair in the White House to my successor.

For all these things we have only just begun to fight.

I hereby modify paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 7070 of June 12, 1935, as amended, prescribing regulations governing appointments of employees paid from emergency funds.

I have a great ambition in life.

And we propose not to let it fail!

If we would keep faith with those who had faith in us, if we would make democracy succeed, I say we must act—NOW!

Well—I meant it, and you meant it.

And if I have aught to say it will continue on its course and it will solve those problems.

I do hereby further exempt Carl F. Jeansen from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until April 1, 1938.

This Report presents the first adequate survey by an impartial group of the entire work of the National Recovery Administration.

It is worthy of the most serious consideration by the Congress and should be made available for widespread study and discussion.

It is also highly desirable to continue the policy, which was inherent in the Jones-Costigan Act, of effectuating the principle that an industry which desires the protection afforded by a quota system, or a tariff, should be expected to…

The dominant force in his life was courage.

He will always be venerated as an unselfish statesman whose career was conspicuously marked by unswerving courage, industry and faith.

Of course, none of these dire prophecies was fulfilled.

The Interstate Commerce Commission is, indeed, fortunate that interpretations of our charter of liberties have allowed it to function during the past half century.

I recommend to the Congress the enactment of an excise tax at the rate of not less than .75 cent per pound of sugar, raw value.

An excise tax of this amount would yield approximately $100,000,000 per annum to the Treasury of the United States.

Their opportunity for constructive service is as great today as when Grover Cleveland named the first Interstate Commerce Commission in the spring of 1887.