@TruthSandwich Yuip, I dont see anything in that quote contradictory to what I said. For starters FDR's opinions dont represent the democrats overall, so lets be clear we are dealing iwth one persons historic opinion to begin with, and not the actions of the party.

Second even if we take his opinion as representative of the actions and opinions of the democrats of the time, it still isnt a contradiction to what I said... I didnt say they were for no government. The general mentality was "use government where it applies, but smaller is better all else being equal", or at least, that was the sentiment that was common growing up, and the sentiment I hear when I see this quote. Which lines up just fine with what I said.