Lottery Quote by George Washington Download Open image “A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.” — George Washington ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Lottery Perfect Taxes Willing
A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can risk the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The lottery is a tax on ignorance, and all the losers that play the game are paying the price for their stupidity. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
as long as there is a lottery, we the people of the United States must believe in getting something for nothing. — Fay Faron Copy Share Image
I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think,… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing… — Brian May Copy Share Image
There cannot be a good tax nor a just one; every tax rests its case on compulsion. — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well. — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“But in the parent department, he had won the lottery. So, he'd always known that when he finally told them, they'd make him feel… — John Corey Whaley Copy Share Image
The state of radio is not great. It's like playing the lottery. The chances of hitting are mind boggling slim. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks they've won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that they, as opposed to… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or… — Arthur Frederick Saunders Copy Share Image
“One needs to go out and buy a lottery ticket in order to win. Does it mean that the work involved in the trip… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk. They had… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
I got lucky with that first Kid Rock record thing and then just to be able to do the solo thing - and to… — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can risk the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
