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“But regular confiscation can exert a chilling effect on economic activity—once people begin to believe that there is little point in doing anything if the fruits of their enterprise will merely provoke further confiscation.”
― Stephen Smith, Taxation: A Very Short Introduction

“I knew I must not join him, but how could I tell that to the one who taught me how to live?”
― Stephen Smith, The Sabrael Confession