“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
All too often, we forget that a democracy is controlled by the voters. Every citizen of the United [...]
“The attempt to make a distinction between recovery and reform is a narrowly conceived effort to substitute the appearance of reality for reality itself. When a man is convalescing from illness, wisdom dictates not only cure of the symptoms but also removal of their cause. “
These remarks were made by FDR in his State of [...]
“Our Constitution of 1787 was not a perfect instrument; it is not perfect yet. But it provided a firm base upon which all manner of men, of all races and colors and creeds, could build our solid structure of democracy.”
These remarks were spoken by FDR in his fourth inaugural address on January 20,1945.
“Instinctively we recognized a deeper need–the need to find through government the instrument of our united purpose to solve for the individual the ever-rising problems of a complex civilization.”
These remarks were made by FDR in his second inaugural address on January 20,1937.
“The broader task of preventing unemployment is a matter of long’-range evolutionary policy.”
“Fluctuations in employment are tied to all other wasteful fluctuations in our mechanism of production and distribution.”
These remarks were made by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937. Although unemployment isn’t as prevalent in the 21st century as it was in Roosevelt’s time, it is [...]