{"quotes":[{"text":"Wars have been waged over millions of square miles, significantly larger than the British Empire at its peak. Historically, Islamic conquests stretched from southern France to the Philippines, from Austria to Nigeria, and from central Asia to New Guinea. The Muslim goal was to have a central government, first at Damascus, and then at Baghdad, later at Cairo, Istanbul, and other imperial centres. The local governors, judges, and other rulers were appointed by the central imperial authorities for far off colonies. Islamic law was introduced as the senior law, whether or not wanted by the local people. Arabic was introduced as the rulers’ language, while the local languages frequently disappeared. Then, two classes of residents were established. The native residents paid a tax that their rulers did not have to pay. In each case, these laws allowed the local conquered people less freedom than was given to Muslims.","author":"Anita B. Sulser PhD","tags":["arabic","austria","bhagdad","british-empire","egypt","imperial-conquest","islam","istanbul","language","nigeria","ruling-class","tax"],"id":3350,"author_id":"Anita+B.+Sulser+PhD"},{"text":"We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?","author":"Will Rogers","tags":["tax","crime","why "],"id":3946,"author_id":"Will+Rogers"},{"text":"The power to tax is the power to destroy.","author":"John Marshall","tags":["tax","destroy "],"id":10494,"author_id":"John+Marshall"},{"text":"Rand had changed a number of laws in Tear, especially those that weighed heavily on the poor, but he had been unable to change everything. He had not even known how to begin. Lews Therin began to maunder on about taxes and money creating jobs, but he might as well have been spilling out words at random for all the sense he made.","author":"Robert Jordan","tags":["economics","jobs","poor","tax"],"id":20402,"author_id":"Robert+Jordan"},{"text":"My opponents attitude is, 'If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and when it stops, subsidize it.","author":"Rob Simmons","tags":["moving","tax","moves "],"id":22213,"author_id":"Rob+Simmons"},{"text":"This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.","author":"Joe Biden","tags":["impact","tax","want "],"id":22312,"author_id":"Joe+Biden"},{"text":"Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.","author":"George Sewell","tags":["tax","guilt","conscience "],"id":36149,"author_id":"George+Sewell"},{"text":"The Fair Tax Equation: T=I(I(.000001)).","author":"Michael A. Wood Jr.","tags":["equality","fair","flat","tax"],"id":37042,"author_id":"Michael+A.+Wood+Jr."},{"text":"Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.","author":"George Osborne","tags":["life","tax","just "],"id":38349,"author_id":"George+Osborne"},{"text":"It's a social contract we make. We're willing to give up certain things. We give you the right to tax us. We give you the right to lock us up. We give you the right to put us on surveillance, search our homes, whatever and, in exchange, we get a functioning society that keeps us relatively safe, and that's the tradeoff we make.","author":"Matt Apuzzo","tags":["tax","search","you "],"id":41160,"author_id":"Matt+Apuzzo"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":60,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}