Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPeople acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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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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