"Those of us who understand human history know the role taxation has played in shaping the destiny of mankind. The matter of taxes - more specifically, the right to tax - is clearly no stranger to controversy and has frequently served as the catalyst for revolutionary change."

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“Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.”
“An expropriating property protector (the state, through taxation) is a contradiction in terms”
“I wrote 'Turn Your Radio On' in 1937, and it was published in 1938. At this time radio was relatively new to the rural people, especially gospel music programs. I had become alert to the necessity of creating song titles, themes, and plots, and frequently people would call me and say, 'Turn your radio on, Albert, they're singing one of your songs on such-and-such a station.' It finally dawned on me to use their quote, 'Turn your radio on,' as a theme for a religious originated song, and this was the beginning of 'Turn Your Radio On' as we know it.”
“Wind and solar power, energy efficient buildings, cars that go farther on a tank of gas, and other solutions can fight climate change. I know America can get on a more sustainable path - we just have to raise our voices and demand it.”
“Every year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring. It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for no one is ever willing to admit that there is no such thing as a normal spring.”

Source : Thalassa Cruso (1990). “The Gardening Year”, Lyons Press
“In marrying, a man does not, to be sure, marry his wife's mother; and yet a prudent man, when he begins to think of the daughter, would look sharp at the mother; ay, and back to the grandmother too, and along the whole female line of ancestry.”

Source : 1812 Count O'Halloran's advice to Lord Colambare. The Absentee, ch.15.
“They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”

Source : Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (1973)
“Age doesn't mean anything. Its all in your head. Men get sexier with age. They also get wiser and get experienced.”

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Former Leader of the Opposition