Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTTo some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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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 real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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