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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.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
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We Continue To Recognize The Greater Ability

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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