Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is difficult for almost all citizens to understand why a constitutional provision permitting taxes on 'income from whatever source derived' does not mean 'from whatever source derived.'

Context

Message to Congress on Legislation to Prevent Inequities Among Taxpayers.

01/18/1939

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