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Jean Baptiste Colbert

29 August 1619-6 September 1683

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Taxation is the art of so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

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Taxes is an art consisting in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.

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Taxes is the art of so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.