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Harry Hopkins Quotes

1890–1946

Harry Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest advisers. He was one of the architects of the New Deal, especially the relief programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which he directed and built into the largest employer in the country.

Also known as: Harry Lloyd Hopkins

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People don't eat in the long run—they eat every day.

They are damn good projects - excellent projects. That goes for all the projects up there. You know some people make fun of people who speak a foreign language, and dumb people criticize something they do not understand, and that is what is going on up there - God damn it!

Tax and Tax, spend and spend, elect and elect.

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We shall tax and tax, and spend and spend, and elect and elect.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Harry Hopkins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.