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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 instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine

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The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. – Thomas Paine

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Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized. – Albert Bushnell Hart, Actual Government, 1903

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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

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The payment of taxes gives a right to protection. – James M. Wayne

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The point to remember is that what the government gives it must first take away. – John S. Coleman, address, Detroit Chamber of Commerce, 1956

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