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A tax upon inherited economic power is a tax upon static wealth, not upon that dynamic wealth.

06/18/1935

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

deceased

usa, New York

5,796 Quotes

Born1/30/1882

Died4/12/1945 (aged 63)

PartyDemocratic

  • President of the United States

    3/4/1933 - 4/12/1945
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