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liberty framers fragile-things
The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we. William J. Brennan
liberty never-forget destruction
The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth. William J. Clinton
liberty chaos dictatorship
When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship. Will Durant
liberty anarchy dies
As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.
liberty taxation politics
Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities. Robert Nozick
liberty ends american-liberty
Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends. Samuel West
liberty assuming
The media assume that if your life or liberty is on the line and you have a lot of money, you automatically get the best. Vincent Bugliosi
liberty virtue found
When was public virtue to be found when private was not? William Cowper
liberty use reader
But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide. Sarah Fielding
taxation might wonder
Did you ever get to wondering if taxation without representation might have been cheaper? Robert Orben
taxation revolution citizens
In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation. Lyndon B. Johnson
taxation way gains
The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work. Calvin Trillin
taxation citizens indirect
Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without. Albert Camus
taxation bills way
There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation. Herbert Hoover
taxation sugar commodity
Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which are become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation. Adam Smith
politics motto gridlock
Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.' William Safire
politics down-and come-up
The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up. Richard M. Nixon
politics persuasion heavy
Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents. Walter Cronkite
politics persuasion halfway
Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion. Van Morrison
politics might majority
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself. Sandra Day O'Connor
politics matter congress
We all joke about Congress but we can't improve on them. Have you noticed that no matter who we elect, he is just as bad as the one he replaces? Will Rogers
politics vote good-humor
And, when the votes are counted, let everybody, including the candidates, get into a good humor as quick as they got into a bad one.
politics trouble stamps
Course, that's the trouble with politics, it breeds politics! So that makes it pretty hard to stamp out.
politics liquor
The liquor of statecraft is distilled from the mash you got. Zora Neale Hurston