"Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized."

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Source : Albert Bushnell Hart (1918). “Actual Government as Applied Under American Conditions”

Albert Bushnell Hart

#Opportunity Quotes #Community Quotes #Pay Quotes

“Have your heart right with Christ, and he will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples, and earth into heaven.”
“There's enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it'll show up for you. That's the truth.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Sep 22, 2012
“Whatever you love, that will be an influence. It just will. So in effect the young writer's job is: go out and find some stuff to love.”
“Don't ever follow me, because I am difficult.”
“As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone.”
“In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.
“The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won't tell.”
“In a perfect world we don't want to be overly dependent on any single asset or be so dependent on the cycle or where one asset is the bulk of this company.”

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