Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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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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