""I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if……" — Robert Menzies

"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act… - Robert Menzies

""I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion."

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19 Quotes by Robert Menzies

Robert Menzies has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

My headmaster chastised me with a diabolical instrument a leather strap tacked to a piece of wood but he taught…
The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list…
I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.
Never take any notice of Anonymous letters, unless you get a few thousand on the same subject.
In all my life I have treated the press with marked contempt and remarkable success.
We took the name 'Liberal' because we were determined to be a progressive party, willing to make experiments, in no…
I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.
Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are…
A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful moneymaker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible…
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but certain principles must apply to this business of art as to any…
The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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