"To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors."

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Source : John Stuart Mill (1866). “Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy”, p.487

John Stuart Mill

#People Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Income Quotes

“Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.”
“I think the future and the past are equally hypothetical.”

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“I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothingâ€¦ How odd, I thought; it had taken my motherâ€™s death, Father Quinelâ€™s murder, and the desire of others to kill me to claim a life of my own.”

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“Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.”

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“As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.”
“I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.”
“reading is at the beginning of the social contract”
“Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.”

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