"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing."

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Quoted in: (1896). The State & the Individual: An Introduction to Political Science, with Special Reference to Socialistic and Individualistic Theories. p. 77