"Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell the real story behind civilized life. How people were taxed, who was taxed, and what was taxed tell more about a society than anything else. Tax habits could be to civilization what sex habits are to personality. They are basic clues to the way a society behaves."

Source : Charles Adams (1993). “For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield

Charles Adams

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