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The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security.

— Christine Pelosi

I look back to the Great Depression, and what Roosevelt was able to do in very difficult times, to get Social Security through back…

— Chris Matthews

We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more…

— John W. Snow

I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty…

— Jon Meacham

Social Security should have a self-sustaining portion that was funded by contributions from both employers and employees. That's what we know and have known…

— James Roosevelt

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has…

— Steve Israel

As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it - along the lines that President Bush…

— John McCain

Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will…

— Ron Lewis

The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic…

— Neal Boortz

Social Security is the foundation stone of that kind of retirement security. It not only needs to be strengthened in order to make sure…

— Hedrick Smith

“Generations of Americans built our Social Security system to provide basic and widespread protection against loss of earnings arising from the death, disability, or…

— David Cay Johnston

The United States must invest its savings in its own security.

— Michael Waltz