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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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479 |
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AUTHOR:
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) |
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QUOTATION:
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The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory … was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward … through the ranks. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, governor of New York, campaign address, Detroit, Michigan, October 2, 1932.—The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1928–1932, p. 772 (1938). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Economy |
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