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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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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

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Fear
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Thomas Paine
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Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS — our inferior one varies with the place. – Thomas Paine

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Citizenship
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Thomas Paine
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To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury. – Benjamin Tucker, Instead of a Book

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Taxes

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

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Taxes

There is an ancient belief that the gods love the obscure and hate the obvious. Without benefit of divinity, modern men of similar persuasion draft provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 341 is their triumph. – Martin D. Ginsburg

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Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. – F.J. Raymond

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