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"I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization." -- Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)
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"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both." -- Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (1856-1941)
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"Republicans approve of the American farmer -- but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand foursquare for the American home -- but not for housing. They are strong for labor -- but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor minimum wage -- the smaller the minimum wage the better. They endorse educational opportunity for all -- but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools. They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine -- for people who can afford them. They consider electrical power a great blessing -- but only when the private power companies get their rake-off. They think American standard of living is a fine thing -- so long as it doesn't spread to all the people. And they admire the government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it." -- President Harry Truman (1884-1972)
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"You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break." -- Harry Truman
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"Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice." -- President Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969)
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"Should any political party attempt to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid." -- Dwight Eisenhower, from a private letter
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"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." -- Dwight Eisenhower
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"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." -- President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
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