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. — Frances Perkins Copy Share Image
Out of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just that an honest and… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
To one who believes that really good industrial conditions are the hope for a machine civilization, nothing is more heartening than to watch conference… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
“There was a stricken conscience of public guilt and we all felt that we had been wrong, that something was wrong with that building… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
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… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other… — Frances Perkins Copy Share
You can always get sympathy by using the word small. With little industries you feel as you do about a little puppy. — Frances Perkins Copy Share
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 Perkins Copy Share
I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen. — Frances Perkins Copy Share
“The New Deal began on March 25th, 1911. The day that the Triangle factory burned.” — Frances Perkins Copy Share
