"The imposition of taxes has its limits. There is a maximum which cannot be transcended. Suppose the citizen to be taxed by the general government to the utmost extent of his ability, or a thing as much as it can possibly bear, and the state imposes a tax at the same time, which authority is to take it?"

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Source : Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Presidential Candidate, 1821-1824”, p.587, University Press of Kentucky

Henry Clay

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“The word grace emphasizes at one and the same time the helpless poverty of man and the limitless kindness of God.”

Source : William Barclay (1999). “Good Tidings of Great Joy: The Birth of Jesus the Messiah”, p.36, Westminster John Knox Press
“Once you add value, you get paid”

Source : "Tim Gordon the Action-Taking Sophomore House Flipper". House Flipping podcast, houseflippinghq.com.
“I think unleashing 3,000 smart bombs against the city of Baghdad in the first several days of the war to me, if those were unleashed against the San Francisco Bay Area, I would call that an act of extreme terrorism.”
“Dinner theater is anti-culture.”
“I know just how he feels that itâ€™s come to this. Sometimes, love isnâ€™t enough, even when itâ€™s all you have.”
“I'm going to slow down a little bit, but I won't stop creating. I can't!”
“To dig one's own spade into one's own earth! Has life anything better to offer than this?”

Source : Beverley Nichols (2009). “Rhapsody in Green: The Garden Wit and Wisdom of Beverley Nichols”, p.17, Timber Press
“I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.”

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