Quote by Hugo Black
The United States has a system of taxation by confession. - Hugo B

The United States has a system of taxation by confession. – Hugo Black

Other quotes by Hugo Black

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny. – Hugo Black

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Change
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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. – Hugo Black

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History
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It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. – Hugo Black

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Happiness
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Taxes
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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing. – Jean Baptist Colbert, attributed

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Taxes

IRS: an agency modeled after the revenue-raising concepts of the 19th-century economist, Jesse James. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Taxes

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. – Laurence J. Peter

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Taxes

Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income. – Alfred E. Neuman

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Taxes

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Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics. – Mickey Spillane

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They certainly give very strange names to diseases. – Plato

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Medical

Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm. – Jean Paul

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Moderation

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance. – Attributed to Richard M. Nixon

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Self