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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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I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it. – Bernard Berenson

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Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her? – Bernard Berenson

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

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Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax. – Lord Thomas Dewar

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No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction. – Proverb

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

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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. – George Washington Carver

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A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad. – Bob Edwards

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America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process. – Arianna Huffington

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My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving dear ones unprotected. Between violence and cowardly flight, I can only prefer violence to cowardice. I can no more preach nonviolence to a coward than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes. – Mahatma Gandhi

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