Government has a final responsibility for the well-being of its citizenship

Government has a final responsibility for the well-being of its citizenship. If private cooperative endeavor fails to provide work for willing hands and relief for the unfortunate, those suffering hardship from no fault of their own have a right to call upon the Government for aid; and a government worthy of its name must make fitting response

— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 3 Jan 1938

From the speech State of the Union 1938