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Unnecessary taxes

A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.

Author Greg RavenPosted on June 30, 2015November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories taxationTags Calvin Coolidge

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