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First Principles: An Unlimited Power To Tax Involves, Necessarily, A Power To Destroy
“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” – John Marshall (1819)
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Thought For the Day: An Unlimited Power To Tax Involves, Necessarily, A Power To Destroy; Because There Is A Limit Beyond Which No Institution and No Property Can Bear Taxation
“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” – John Marshall, 1819
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First Principles: Passion Never Fails to Wrest the Scepter From Reason
“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason.” – James Madison (1788)
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In A Dissonance Theory
In A Dissonance Theoryby Michael DoyleWhat if…What if is the beginningAs good as any beginningOr so it often seemsThe waking is stuff of dreamsAnd dreams bring as much truthAs that which we are toldAll the bill of goods that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Address, Beginning, Bill of Goods, Conception, Cost, Create, Diamond, Discomfort, Dissonance Theory, Dreams, Flow, Freedom, Illusions, Imagination, Inside, Intrusion, Limit, Live Stream, Lost, Maze, On Demand, Panned, Paradigm, Personal History, Poetry and Poems, Point, Questions, Real Worth, Set Free, Success, Told, Truth, What If, Within
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Thought For the Day: To the Size of the State There Is A Limit, As There Is To Plants, Animals and Implements For None of These Retain Their Facility When They Are Too Large
“To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.” – Aristotle (384-322 BC)
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First Principles: An Unlimited Power To Tax Involves, Necessarily, A Power To Destroy; Because There Is A Limit Beyond Which No Institution and No Property Can Bear Taxation
“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” – Justice John Marshall, McCullough v. Maryland (1819)
Thought For the Day: The Preservation of Freedom Is the Protective Reason For Limiting and Decentralizing Governmental Power
“The preservation of freedom is the protective reason for limiting and decentralizing governmental power. But there is also a constructive reason. The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or in literature, in industry or agriculture, … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Decentralize, Freedom, Government, Limit, Milton Friedman, Power, Preservation, Protective Reason, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: I’ve Got A Right To Say and Believe Anything I Please, But, I Haven’t A Right To Press It On Anybody Else
“I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it’s a limit that’s very seldom mentioned. It’s the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don’t think there are any … Continue reading
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