The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing

Jean Baptiste Colbert

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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.

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Let it alone. Let it pass by. [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]

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