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«He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer»
Author: William Proxmire
(Senator)
| About:
Taxation
| Keywords:
code, pope, tax code, the pope, thoroughly
«Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous»
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«The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.»
«The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking and is voting for the other guy.»
«Move over, $7,000 coffeepots! Stand aside, $400 hammers! We now have the $792 doormat!»
«The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy.»
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