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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Ability Myself Pay Principle
It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Better Choice Eat Option Word
The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Best Customer Paid Work
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Fear Philosophy
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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Choice Day Difficult Love Man Ourselves Path
Calm seas never made a good sailor.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Calm Hard Time Inspirational Sea
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Oneself Stand Still Way
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Beware Man Order Special Wings
All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Exception Flower People
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
That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Control Essence Government Power Privacy
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
To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Expectation Generation Material Wealth
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
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Immigration Myself Remember Revolution Yourself
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. ROOSEVELT

Business Existence Live Myself Pay
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Challenge Conscience Democracy Freedom Fundamental Success
The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Fate Greatness Man Personality Principle
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 loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Feeling Lonely Opinion Public Thinking World
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Estate Investment Lost Management Pay Reality Safety Steal World
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Abundance Enough Progress Share Test
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Doubt Limitation Ourselves
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Accident Planning Politics Way
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Construction Country Oneself Society Try
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Ability Equality Existence Opportunity Willing

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