The fundamental fact is that in a popular government such as ours no policy is irrevocably settled by law unless the people keep in control of the Government men who believe in that policy as a matter of deep-rooted conviction.
This quote reflects Roosevelt's belief in the necessity of public control over government policies in a democracy.
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