Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTHere is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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