People's Needs Quotes
When Roosevelt was elected Governor of NY State, the State Party Boss Platt saw patronage and contracts was the most important services the Governor should render to the Party. TR had a different view as expressed here.
He was opposed to providing welfare and other government social services to immigrants—many of whom were from the Middle East and Pakistan. His position was that the Islamic countries were spending large sums to obtain weapons and do not take care of their own economy or their people so that they try and emigrate.