Occupy Wall Street Protesters Embody the Spirit of these Quotes

“The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes (American 32nd US President (1933-45), cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US president. 1882-1945)


“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes (American Baptist Minister and Civil-Rights Leader. 1929-1968)