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Quote by William Cobbett
Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in th

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt. – William Cobbett

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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may. – William Cobbett

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Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. – William Cobbett

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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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All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury. – Prince Philip Edinburgh

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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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