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There Is Nothing Sinister In So Arranging One's Affairs As To Keep Taxes As Low As Possible.

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.

I Had Rather Take My Chance That Some Traitors Will Escape Detection Than Spread Abroad A Spirit Of General Suspicion And Distrust, Which Accepts Rumor And Gossip In Place Of Undismayed And Unintimidated Inquiry.

The Mutual Confidence On Which All Else Depends Can Be Maintained Only By An Open Mind And A Brave Reliance Upon Free Discussion.

Skepticism Is My Only Gospel, But I Don't Want To Make A Dogma Out Of It.