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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Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling. – William Cobbett

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

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

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