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“I am for a government rigorously frugal & simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt; and not for a multiplication of officers & salaries merely to make partisans, & for increasing, by every device, the public debt, on the principle of its being a public blessing.”

Government Simple Principles Blessing Debt Saving Devices Officers Revenue Salary Savings Partisans Discharge National Debt Frugal Multiplication

Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: 1799-1803

Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: 1799-1803

“Nowadays, for the sake of the advantage which is to be gained from the public revenues and from office, men want to be always in office.”

Men Want Office Advantage Sake Revenue

Book:Pocket Aristotle

Source: Pocket Aristotle

“Thrift is a great revenue.”

Revenue Thrift

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues.”

People War Fighting Politics Policy Fields Impact Towers Revenue Adverse Ivory Emanate Ivory Tower

Author:Colin Powell

“It can only be by blinding the understanding of man, and making him believe that government is some wonderful mysterious thing, that excessive revenues are obtained. Monarchy is well calculated to ensure this end. It is the popery of government; a thing kept up to amuse the ignorant, and quiet them into taxes.”

Men Believe Wells Ends Government Understanding Wonderful Quiet Taxes Ignorant Mysterious Taxation Revenue Monarchy Mysterious Things

Book:Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution

Source: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution

“One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue.”

Use Government Decision Taken Greater Land Taxes Property Definitions Available Parks Revenue Domain Manipulate Private Property Loopholes Eminent Domain

Author:Jim Ryun

“Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.”

Writing Lasts Literature Revenue

Author:Leslie Charteris

“The Democrats believe that if God did not want them to raise taxes, He would not have created the Internal Revenue Service.”

Ifs Want Believe Humor Funny Party Republican Taxes Humorous Raises Democrat Internals Revenue

Author:Dave Barry

“[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or of the States to the support of sectarian schools.”

People States Would Be School Nations Church Support Dangerous Institutions Portions Unjust Revenue Separation Of Church And State Separation Between Church And State

Book:The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2

Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2

“The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when necessity obliges him to make use of credit, to secure its foundations in that instance, and for ever, by the clearness and candor of his proceedings, the exactness of his calculations, and the solidity of his funds.”

Use Money Objects Judgment Foundation Credit Instance Secure Fund Revenue Calculations Proceeding Candor Financiers Solidity Clearness Exactness

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)

“You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.”

Taxes Rate Expansion Revenue Raising Taxes

Author:George P. Shultz

“Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.”

Source Music Is Tools Marketing Revenue Recorded Music

Author:Irving Azoff

“Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both current and catalog. The touring industry has become much more important as a majority revenue stream and the ancillary fan experiences and promotions that may be derived from it.”

May Important Artist Fans Changed Industry Models Majority Currents Income Traditional Streams Revenue Promotion Touring Music Business Business Models Recorded Music

Author:Irving Azoff

“Government does not have a revenue problem; government has a spending problem. Government does not have a revenue problem; government has a priority problem. It is time that we begin to fine tune our focus and decide what the priority of government ought to be.”

Doe Problem Government Focus Fine Ought Spending Priorities Tunes Revenue

Author:Marsha Blackburn

“I believe that States should be credited for their non-Federal investment in revenue-generating transportation facilities to address their regional transportation needs.”

Needs Should Believe States I Believe Investment Addresses Revenue Facility Transportation

Author:Michael C. Burgess

“It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.”

Government Fall Growth Economy Cutting Theory Taxes Increase Absurd Revenue Overflow

Author:Sidney Blumenthal

“Democrats are fighting fire with fire. Our principled stance on Medicare and Social Security is absolutely no different than the Republicans' stance on no revenue increases without cuts.”

Different Fighting Social Fire Cutting Security Republican Increase Democrat Social Security Revenue Medicare Stance Principled

Author:Judy Chu

“Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get.”

Ifs Sometimes Matter Winning Audience Response Profit Awards Earning Revenue

Author:Stephen Chow

“I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue.”

People Believe Long Jobs Term Economy Cost Taxes Rate Long Term Revenue Raising Taxes

Author:Tom Cole

“My first app was released in July or August of 2008. It was a 'fingermill' - a treadmill for your fingers. My level of programming was quite basic to begin with, so it was more gimmicky to start with. Day one it was up there, I had 79 pounds worth of revenue.”

Firsts Levels Fingers Programming Pounds Revenue July August Apps Treadmills

Author:Nick D'Aloisio

“I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight.”

Ends Shows Used Fighting Worry Player Produce Grew Grew Up Tough Balls University Athlete Making Money Revenue Tough Life

Author:Arne Duncan

“State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes.”

States Government Turns Lost Answers Leader Struggle Cutting College Higher Revenue Funding Legislature Recessions Higher Education State Government Tuition

Author:Arne Duncan

“Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.”

Important States Greater Cutting Higher Republican Taxes Pressure Deny Locals Revenue Deficit Tax Cuts

Author:Dick Durbin

“As The Pioneer Woman has grown and the revenue has grown, the prizes keep getting better, and that certainly feels good.”

Feels Feel Good Get Better Prize Revenue Pioneers

Author:Ree Drummond

“There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.”

Cutting Republican Taxes Raises Revenue Tax Cuts

Author:Jeff Flake

“Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.”

Rivers Revenue Creeks

Author:Jim Fowler

“Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once temporary tax remains and costs American taxpayers, our small businesses and families almost $6 billion dollars a year.”

Years Cost Taxes Flow Remains Dollars Billions Luxury Fund Temporary Telephones Small Business Revenue Taxpayers

Author:Mike Fitzpatrick

“The key to revenue growth is tax reform that closes loopholes and that is pro-growth. Then with a growing economy, that's where your revenue growth comes in, not from higher taxes.”

Growth Economy Growing Keys Higher Taxes Reform Revenue Loopholes Tax Reform Growing Economy

Author:John Hoeven

“The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.”

Real Sports Champion Boxing Internals Revenue Heavyweights Famous Boxer Undefeated

Author:George Foreman

“The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world's largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.”

World Stills Resources Gold Responsible Revenue Minerals Philippines Mining Deposits Copper Nickels Extraction Uranium Mining

Author:Benigno Aquino III

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