The Language Of The Law Must Not

Anyone May Arrange His Affairs So That His Taxes Shall Be As Low As Possible; He Is Not Bound To Choose That Pattern Which Best Pays The Treasury. There Is Not Even A Patriotic Duty To Increase One's Taxes. Over And Over Again The Courts Have Said That There Is Nothing Sinister In So Arranging Affairs As To Keep Taxes As Low As Possible. Everyone Does It, Rich And Poor Alike And All Do Right, For Nobody Owes Any Public Duty To Pay More Than The Law Demands.

There Is No Fury Like That Against One Who, We Fear, May Succeed In Making Us Disloyal To Beliefs We Hold With Passion, But Have Not Really Won.

No Doubt One May Quote History To Support Any Cause, As The Devil Quotes Scripture; But Modern History Is Not A Very Satisfactory Side-arm In Political Polemics; It Grows Less And Less So.

The Aim Of Law Is The Maximum Gratification Of The Nervous System Of Man.

It Is Still In The Lap Of The Gods Whether A Society Can Succeed Which Is Based On "civil Liberties And Human Rights" Conceived As I Have Tried To Describe Them; But Of One Thing At Least We May Be Sure: The Alternatives That Have So Far Appeared Have Been Immeasurably Worse.