“In the final scene of Power, the Supreme Court justices appear as a striking abstraction: Nine scowling masks line up in a row on top of a giant podium. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes speaks the majority opinion: 'Water power,… — Susan Quinn Copy Share Image
“Roosevelt spoke eloquently, in his penetrating tenor, of those 'who at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the necessities of life . . . I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished,' he told the audience, '. . . The test of our progress is not whether we… — Susan Quinn Copy Share
“In the final scene of Power, the Supreme Court justices appear as a striking abstraction: Nine scowling masks line up in a row on… — Susan Quinn Copy Share Image
“When the Chief Justice read me the oath,' he [FDR] later told an adviser, 'and came to the words "support the Constitution of the… — Susan Quinn Copy Share Image
“We are going to make a country in which no one is left out." FDR to Fraces Perkins quoted in Furious Improvisations: How the… — Susan Quinn Copy Share Image
“It is the very essence of art,' she [Hallie Flanagan:] told a group gathered in Washington . . ., 'that it exceed bounds, often… — Susan Quinn Copy Share Image
![“When the Chief Justice read me the oath,' he [FDR] later told an adviser, 'and came to the words "support the Constitution of the United States" I felt like saying: "Yes, but it's the Constitution as I understand it, flexible enough to meet any new problem of democracy--not the kind of…” quote by Susan Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d4/susan-quinn-59654_constitution_when-the-chief-justice-read-me-the-oath_2675112.jpg)
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