Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

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

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

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

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

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

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

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

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...