Tag: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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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It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can’t even lift them.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
Franklin D. Roosevelt