...Exchequer, found himself in great straits. To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partizans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close...

...FEBRUARY 28, 1986 OIL IMPORT FEE Eighteenth century English philosopher Edmund Burke once stated, "to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men." Two hundred years later Burke 's words ring just as true: There's no such thing as a perfect tax. Or,...

...FEBRUARY 28, 1986 OIL IMPORT FEE Eighteenth century English philosopher Edmund Burke once stated , "to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise*, is not given to men." Two hundred years later Burke's words ring just as true: There's no such thing as a perfect tax. Or,...

...who are now the audience for Burke's words. "To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be...wise, is not given to men. However he attempted it" (2.: 42.6). Townshend's was a misplaced love, a political passion that encouraged the communal narcissism...

...statesman on iht news that tht peoplt of Parts gritted each of his new taxes with a satirital song To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish philosopher, statesman All money nowadays seems to be produced with...

...but not found in his works. 'taxation 1787 To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. Burke was referring to the chancellor of the exchequer, Charles Townshend. 1 788 The art of taxation...

...error was that he sought to please everybody: "to please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men." 35 In short, Townshend taxed America to please England, but then retreated from the taxes to please...

...forms in RH Sherard, Life of Oscar Wilde (1 906) and Richard Ellmann, Oscar Wilde (1988). Taxes 1 To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. EDMUND BURKE, (1729-1797) Irish philosopher, statesman. "First Speech on Conciliation with America:...

...is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph. 1749 On American Taxation To 2 Macbeth Eye of newt, and toe of frog. Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adde 1750 Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. 1751 On Conciliation with America The concesslons of the...

...1990/91. Perhaps Edmund Burke was correct when he wrote, in his treatise On American Taxation, "To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men." 6 SYNTHESIS The Thurians ordained that whosoever would go about to abolish an old law, or establish...