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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

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" The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment. "

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" War is a contagion. "

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" Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. "

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" The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. "

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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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" There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. "

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" Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter. "

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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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" We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out. "

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" In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people. "

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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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" Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them. "

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" Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. "

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" Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play. "

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" Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. "

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" We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. "

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" To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. "

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