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Jean Baptiste Colbert Quotes

«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»
«The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.»
«It is simply, and solely, the abundance of money within a state [which] makes the difference in its grandeur and power.»