Quote by Daniel Webster
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to dest

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy. – Daniel Webster

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Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. – Daniel Webster

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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. – Charles de Montesquieu

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When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed. – Margaret J. Wheatley

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Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

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Theres a lot more power in calm than in vituperation. – Dennis Prager

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