"Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a salutary restraint from which an honest government ought not wish, nor a corrupt one to be permitted, to be free."

-- Thomas Jefferson

#Government Quotes #Wish Quotes #Taxation Quotes

“Apparently, the world is not a wish granting factory.”

Source : "Fictional character: Augustus Waters". "The Fault in Our Stars", www.imdb.com. 2014.
“As long as I stay honest with myself and just do the work that I am willing to do, and have been willing to do and am doing,”
“I'm not normally a jewelry person. I'm supposed to be a working class champion and all, and I don't like to rub my success in people's faces.”
“Christmas is all about surrender. It's all about the surrender of the Son to obey the perfect will of the Father and enter human history.”
“Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.”
“Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.”
“Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.”
“Friendly makes sales - and friendly generates repeat business.”

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