“The power to lead is the power to mislead, and the power to mislead is the power to destroy.”
“If the power to tax is the power to destroy, the power to regulate is no less so.”
“The power to tax is the power to destroy.”
“Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.”
“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.”
“... the forces of power, particularly corporate power, are impatient with what is adequate for a coherent community. Because power gains so little from community in the short run, it does not hesitate to destroy community for the long run.”