In America, There Are Two Tax Systems:

Conservative Political Opinion In America Cleaves To The Tradition Of The Judge As Passive Interpreter, Believing That His Absolute Loyalty To Authoritative Law Is The Price Of His Immunity From Political Pressure And Of The Security Of His Tenure.

Anyone May Arrange His Affairs So That His Taxes Shall Be As Low As Possible; He Is Not Bound To Choose That Pattern Which Best Pays The Treasury. There Is Not Even A Patriotic Duty To Increase One's Taxes. Over And Over Again The Courts Have Said That There Is Nothing Sinister In So Arranging Affairs As To Keep Taxes As Low As Possible. Everyone Does It, Rich And Poor Alike And All Do Right, For Nobody Owes Any Public Duty To Pay More Than The Law Demands.

What Seems Fair Enough Against A Squalid Huckster Of Bad Liquor May Take On A Different Face, If Used By A Government Determined To Suppress Political Opposition Under The Guise Of Sedition.

A Society In Which Men Recognize No Check Upon Their Freedom Soon Becomes A Society Where Freedom Is The Possession Of Only A Savage Few.

The Art Of Publicity Is A Black Art.