Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.
Interpretation
The stability of our economy and democracy relies on providing jobs to those who are unemployed.
In this quote, Franklin D. Roosevelt emphasizes that both economic soundness and the integrity of democratic institutions are closely linked to the government's commitment to creating job opportunities for the unemployed. He suggests that addressing unemployment is not just an economic imperative, but also a foundational aspect of maintaining a healthy democracy, as it helps to prevent social unrest and promotes civic participation.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for job creation programs.
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power - but that Americans are soft and decadent, that they cannot and will not unite and work and fight. ... Let them tell that to the Marines!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.
When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
We plutocrats need to get this trickle-down economics thing behind us: this idea that the better we do, the better everyone else will do. It's not true. How could it be? I earn 1,000 times the median wage, but I do not buy 1,000 times as much stuff, do I?
War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.
The Reichswirtschaftsministerium ('Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs') tells the shop managers what and how to produce, at what prices and from whom to buy, at what prices and to whom to sell. It assigns every worker to his job and fixes his wages. It decrees to whom and on what terms the capitalists must entrust their funds. Market exchange is merely a sham.
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