No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTA conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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