Apportionment Act Quotes & Sayings

The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice. Every shilling which they overburden the inferior number is a shilling saved to their own pockets. — James Madison

I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my talents. But you've got to prove that I can't play this game. If you look at the film, clearly I can. So, I'll leave it at that. — Michael Sam

Every good deed is acceptable goodness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Timing is everything. That's a cliche. Now. If I'd said that a long time ago, I'd have been original. — Demetri Martin

Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [ ... ] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good. — Paulo Coelho

It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack of sense to ascribe too much importance to it. — W. Somerset Maugham

Complicated financial stuff was being dreamed up for the sole purpose of lending money to people who could never repay it. — Michael Lewis

I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of movies. — Michael Moore

He is dressed in a long, white robe and in his hand is a white cap. I draw up as he passes down the hall; he does not see me. Shortly I hear a horse leaving. There is much I do not know about him, but tonight I know one of his secrets. He is a midnight rider. — Nancy B. Brewer

Lord's lamp sheds light on a person's life, searching the innermost parts. — Anonymous

I resented the reference to my super ninja moves as "sneaking around." "Displaying superior stealth" or "using viper-like reflexes" would have been much better — Emma Raveling