Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Chief Justice John Marshall on Government Spending



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, McCullough v. Maryland, 1819
Posted by Quite Rightly at 3:48 PM

6 comments:

  1. The CommissionerMarch 4, 2009 at 3:56 PM

    Any chance you could make these great quotes into a widget I could post on my blog?

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  2. Quite RightlyMarch 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    Thanks for the complement. I don't know how. Do you? Pass them on, though, by all means.

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  3. The CommissionerMarch 5, 2009 at 12:22 PM

    Haha no I have no idea, I don't even know if its possible. Just thought it would be a neat widget.

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  4. Quite RightlyMarch 5, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    I found software to do it. I think I will give it a go. Thanks for the idea!

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  5. The CommissionerMarch 10, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    Great! Please let me know how it works out, and if I can use it.

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  6. The CommissionerMarch 19, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    any progress on this front?

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