Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTCourage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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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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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.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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.
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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