Logo
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

Other quotes by Daniel Webster

This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions. – Daniel Webster

Category:
Congress
Author
Daniel Webster
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
power
category

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. – Murray Rothbard

Category:
power

Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me. – Black Elk

Category:
power

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. – Richard Bach

Category:
power

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. – Jean Anouilh

Category:
power

Random Quotes

There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters. – Natalie Clifford Barney

Category:
Reality

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. – Thomas Paine

Category:
Religion

I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change peoples minds. Thats pretty powerful stuff when you consider that. – Nicolas Cage

Category:
alone

It isnt true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around. – Mario Vargas Llosa

Category:
Prison