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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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One Liner Short Sincere
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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Beware Man Order Special Wings
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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Empty Failure Human Loud Stomach Unfortunate
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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Cruelty Freedom Human Kindness Nation People Soft Tough Weakness
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Character Democracy Freedom Oneself Unity
In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Democracy Government Master Ourselves People Service
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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Abundance Enough Progress Share Test
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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Failure Method Try
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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Challenge Conscience Democracy Freedom Fundamental Success
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Belief Better Beyond Hope Horizon World
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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Existence Freedom Independence Job People Security True
Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Calm Hard Time Inspirational Sea
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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Conservation Goodness Legs Perfection Walk
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Bitter Maturity Myself Politics Thinking
It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Better Choice Eat Option Word
Presidents are selected, not elected.
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Election Politics President Selection

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