I Came To Washington To Work For

I Came To Washington To Work For God, Fdr, And The Millions Of Forgotten, Plain Common Workingmen.

It's Only When We're Relaxed That The Thing Way Down Deep In All Of Us - Call It The Subconscious Mind, The Spirit, What You Will - Has A Chance To Well Up And Tell Us How We Shall Go.

The People Are What Matter To Government, And A Government Should Aim To Give All The People Under Its Jurisdiction The Best Possible Life.

But With The Slow Menace Of A Glacier, Depression Came On. No One Had Any Measure Of Its Progress; No One Had Any Plan For Stopping It. Everyone Tried To Get Out Of Its Way.

It Is Not The Nature Of Man, As I See It, Ever To Be Quite Satisfied With What He Has In Life.... Contentment Tends To Breed Laxity, But A Healthy Discontent Keeps Us Alert To The Changing Needs Of Our Time.