Quote by Thomas Paine
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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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. – Thomas Paine

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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed. – Daniel Defoe, The Political History of the Devil, 1726

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The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ. – Thomas Jefferson

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Did you ever notice that when you put the words “The” and “IRS” together, it spells “THEIRS?” – Author Unknown

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Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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