Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and soul together was an achievement, to the great present when "good" includes an agreeable, stable civilization accessible to all, the opportunity of each to develop his particular genius and the privilege of mutual usefulness.
Frances PerkinsBut 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.
Frances PerkinsThe people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.
Frances PerkinsI came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.
Frances Perkins