Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-08-13 Aug 13, 2013The increase in the assets of the Federal Reserve Banks from 143 Million dollars in 1913 to 45 Billion dollars in 1949 went directly to the private stockholders of the [Federal Reserve] banks.~ Eustace MullinsPeople who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do all the work. This is the terrible thing about interest.~ Thomas A. EdisonBut with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years.~ Thomas Jefferson Aug 12, 2013The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.~ Albert EinsteinIf Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to impose duties, imposts, and excises, they must be uniform throughout the United States. These are not strictly limitations of power. They are rules prescribing the mode in which it shall be exercised. ... This review shows that personal property, contracts, occupations, and the like have never been regarded by Congress as proper subjects of direct tax.~ Salmon P. ChaseThe people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other types of arms. The possession of these elements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues, and tends to permit uprising. Therefore, the heads of provinces, official agents, and deputies are ordered to collect all the weapons mentioned above and turn them over to the government.~ Toyotomi Hideyoshi Aug 9, 2013Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.~ Albert EinsteinIt's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time.~ Mignon McLaughlinTo thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.~ William Shakespeare Aug 8, 2013The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights, cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities.~ Ayn RandSociety cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.~ Edmund BurkeWhen you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.~ Max Lerner Aug 7, 2013Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.~ John Stuart MillI will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.~ Michel de Montaigne'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.~ Thomas Fuller Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print