One sure way to determine the social conscience of a government is to examine the way taxes are collected and how they are spent. And one sure way to determine the social conscience of an individual is to get his tax-reaction.
Taxes, after all, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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Address at Worcester, Mass., October 21, 1936
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