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progressive-taxation rich economics
It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. Adam Smith
progressive-taxation government support
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities. Adam Smith
progressive-taxation people body
For a very small expence the public can facilitate, can encourage, and can even impose upon almost the whole body of the people, the necessity of acquiring those most essential parts of education. Adam Smith
progressive-taxation pay imagine
The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive taxation to the disadvantage of the well-off, and that they would end up with an arrangement in which taxes are voted by those who do not pay them. Vilfredo Pareto
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
body damp
A demd, damp, moist, unpleasant body! Charles Dickens
body culture clock
A less 'brainy-culture' would learn to synchronise its body rhythms rather than its clocks. Alan Watts
body pieces granted
The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces. Akshay Kumar
body
I'm thrilled with my body of work. Chris Cooper
body demand pay
Our bodies demand our attention; our bodies demand that we actually pay attention to what is going on with our lives. Chogyam Trungpa
body spirit good-things
The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing. Chita Rivera
body needs humans
The adornment of the body is a human need. David LaChapelle
body needs materialistic
The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes very materialistic. David LaChapelle
body towels pounds
I've gained a few pounds around the middle. The only lower body garments I own that still fit me comfortably are towels. Dave Barry