Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThose who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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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 many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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