Quote by Bernard Berenson
Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves

Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed. – Bernard Berenson

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When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase. – Bernard Berenson

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I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson

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Excess
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Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong hell go to jail, and if he files it right hell go to the poor house. – Nonnee Coan

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It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them. – Tiberius Caesar

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Taxation

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. – Edmund Burke

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Taxation

No statesmen ever will find it worth his pains, to tax our labor and excise our brain. – Randolph Churchill

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Taxation

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