Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes about Prosperity

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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

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Average, Firsts, Prosperity

Campaign address, Detroit, Mich., 2 Oct. 1932

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

Ambition, Wealth, Prosperity

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy