Franklin D. Roosevelt Taxation Quotations

Taxes, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.

Taxation according to income is the most effective instrument yet devised to obtain just contribution from those best able to bear it and to avoid placing onerous burdens upon the mass of our people.

Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.

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