"I regard reduction in Federal spending as..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt
I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.
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“People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory.”
“We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.”
“Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the germs of another world war will remain as a constant threat to mankind.”
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“No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.”
“The way out of the depression is to start spending and doing things.”
“I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or 15th year of school, or 16th year of school, or 20th year of school, that you are actually learning the kinds of skills that make you competitive and productive in a modern, technological economy.”
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“Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our money, we are very unlikely to end up better off on net balance.”
“The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.”
“Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.”