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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»
«I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed.»
«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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