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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.

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
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
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
The whole world is one neighborhood.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Neighbor Perspective Togetherness 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
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

People Right Vote Way Yourself
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Business Inspirational Way Work
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
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Existence Freedom Independence Job People Security True
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Democracy Liberty Live Party Support
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Choice Democracy Education Expression Safety Success
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
People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Accomplishment Act Alone Hope People Togetherness
If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Civilization Cultivation Live Peace Science Survive Togetherness World
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Alien Country Democracy Forget Government Power Rule Vote
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Attack Design Justice Oppression Ourselves Remember