The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.
Frances PerkinsOut of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just that an honest and industrious man should live and die in misery. He was entitled to some degree of sympathy and security. Our conscience declared against the honest workman's becoming a pauper, but our eyes told us that he very often did.
Frances PerkinsI came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.
Frances Perkins