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One might indeed say that a people with so much vitality and…

Quote byCarl Lotus Becker · 1873–1945

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Eve of the Revolution (1918).

English (original)

one might indeed say that a people with so much vitality and expansive power was abundantly able to pay taxes; but perhaps it was also a fair inference, if any one was disposed to press the matter, that unless it was so minded, such a people was already, or assuredly soon would be, equally able not to pay them.

— Carl Lotus Becker

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