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What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. - Th

What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine

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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

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Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us. – Thomas Paine

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God
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He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. – Thomas Paine

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The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. – William Simon

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Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Taxation, for example, is eternally lively; it concerns nine-tenths of us more directly than either smallpox or golf, and has just as much drama in it; moreover, it has been mellowed and made gay by as many gaudy, preposterous theories. – H.L. Mencken

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The sales tax seems to be more politically acceptable than the income tax. – Raymond C. Scheppach

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