"Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase ones taxes."

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Source : Helvering v. Gregory (1934)

Learned Hand

#Patriotic Quotes #May Quotes #Patterns Quotes

“For me, New York still ranks as the most beautiful and the most interesting city in the world. It is also the most varied in terms of the things it has to offer.”
“Humans - who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals - have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain.”
“To yield reverence to another, to hold ourselves and our lives at his disposal, is not slavery; often, it is the noblest state in which a man can live in this world.”
“Eternity was in our lips and eyes.”
“Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can't forget that.”
“War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people who do not profit.”
“When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end.”

Source : R.A. Torrey (2015). “The Power of Prayer”, p.3, Ravenio Books
“I'm really, really emotional.”

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