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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

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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Achievement Creativity Effort Moon Possession Stardom
The real safeguard of democracy is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Democracy Education Reality Safety
The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Ancient Country Government Principle Race
Presidents are selected, not elected.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Election Politics President Selection
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Clear Eyes Forest Government Pollution School
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Economice School Willing
There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Hate Man Occupation People President
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Oneself Stand Still Way
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Different Direction Election Goal Name Principle
In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Democracy Government Master Ourselves People Service
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Build Forget Himself Palace
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Believe Death Deep Freedom Live Ourselves
Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Himself Man Worth
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Freedom Man Philosophy Pursue Truth
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Employment Rich Social Order Wasted Time
No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Destiny General Government Help Insistence