Taxation: how the sheep are shorn

Quote by Edward Abbey

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High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of...

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of...

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many...

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many...

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that...

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that...

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a...

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a...

I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to...

I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to...

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...

Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...

Falling out of love is hard. Falling for betrayal is worse. Broken trust and broken...

Falling out of love is hard. Falling for betrayal is worse. Broken trust and broken...

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.

Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.

The smaller your circle of trust, the less chance you have of your trust being...

The smaller your circle of trust, the less chance you have of your trust being...

Being betrayed makes you trust less and put up another wall of defense.

Being betrayed makes you trust less and put up another wall of defense.

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

Being betrayed by those closest to you causes one to not trust anybody ever again.

Being betrayed by those closest to you causes one to not trust anybody ever again.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in...

Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in...