The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

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...

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

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...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

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...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

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....

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join...

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own...

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own...