| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1794 |
| AUTHOR: | Cordell Hull (1871–1955) |
| QUOTATION: | Every good citizen … should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary, to the making up of a listing of his income for taxes … to contribute to his Government, not the scriptural tithe, but a small percentage of his net profits. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Representative CORDELL HULL, remarks in the House, April 26, 1913, Congressional Record, vol. 50, p. 505. |
| SUBJECTS: | Taxation |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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