No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and un…

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No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant. ✨ George Washington, United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington) (1847). Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America: Published in September, 1796, p.9
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