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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
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Our Constitution does not contain the absurdity of giving power to make laws, and another power to resist them.
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Men of the best intentions and soundest views may differ in their construction of some parts of the Constitution, but there are others on which dispassionate reflection can leave no doubt.