The Great Depression Quotes

“Hold-ups and killings are becoming more frequent and it becomes dangerous to walk the streets”
― Benjamin Roth, The Great Depression: A Diary

“Beveridge’s Life of Abraham Lincoln.”
― Benjamin Roth, The Great Depression: A Diary

“The time to expand is at the end of a panic when the economic cycle is headed up again.”
― Benjamin Roth, The Great Depression: A Diary

“There is also considerable discussion about the new science of “technography” which holds that new machinery and electricity have replaced many men in industry who will never find a job again. I am confident that new inventions and scientific discoveries will remedy this situation.”
― Benjamin Roth, The Great Depression: A Diary

“Radical socialism seems rampant in every class of society but mostly ministers and college professors. This has spread to the working class. They no longer ask for favors but “demand” government work, cancellation of mortgages, reduction of debts, etc. They feel the courts will not permit foreclosure of mortgages or ejectments, etc.”
― Benjamin Roth, The Great Depression: A Diary