"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."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Power, Wealth, Ability, Ambition

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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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"There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex."

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"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

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"The prayer of a righteous man avails much."

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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

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"Power is not sufficient evidence of truth."

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"People having victimhood attract imperious and authoritative individuals in their life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"All the problems of the nation are nothing, in comparison to the might of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;--obey!"

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

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"Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!"

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"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."

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"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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

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"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."

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

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"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

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"If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace."

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"But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings."

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"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

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"Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection."

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