“I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in . . . a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, . . . increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.” BelieveBigsPoliticalI BelieveAmountTaxesFortuneSizeI Believe InIncomeEstatesInheritanceIncome TaxInherited WealthInheritance TaxProgressive Taxation Book:The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt Source: The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” BelievePoliticalBeliefI BelieveInterestingEqualPhotographyPhotographerHuman RightsFeministEqualityI Believe InJournalismReportersPaparazziEquality Of PeopleNewspapers JournalismNewspaper Reporters Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my trade. If I disapproved of its policy, I would join in order to fight that policy; if the union leaders were dishonest, I would join in order to put them out. I believe in the union and I believe that all men who are benefited by the union are morally bound to help to the extent of their power in the common interests advanced by the union.” IfsMenBelieveHelpingPoliticalOrderFightingPoliticsI BelieveInterestCommonLeaderPolicyTradeUnionsBoundsI Believe InEmployeeFactoriesRailroadsWorkmenCommon Interests Book:Bully! Source: Bully!
“I hold no brief for Communists, but I believe in and will defend their right to act independently within the law. I question whether members of the committee are interested in defending our form of government or whether they are attempting to suppress political opinion at odds with their own.” BelieveGovernmentFormLawPoliticalI BelieveOpinionMembersI Believe InCommunistOddsCommitteesAttemptingForms Of GovernmentPolitical Opinions Author:Gregory Peck
“You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home.” WorldShouldBelievePersonsCountryHomeGovernmentCarePoliticalI BelieveWealthTalkingLeaderPowerPoliticianProtectUniversalI Believe InActivismAround The WorldUsaHospitalsOverwhelmingHomelessDistributionCiaSingleMedicareAssassinationPolitical LeadersLeftistsOligarchyProtectionismRedistribution Of Wealth Author:Abbie Hoffman
“I believe in freedom of speech. And I believe that spending on political campaigns is a form of political speech that is protected under the constitution.” BelieveFormPoliticalI BelieveSpeechConstitutionI Believe InSpendingCampaignsProtectedFreedom Of SpeechPolitical CampaignPolitical Speeches Author:Marco Rubio