Taxation Laws Quotes
See Daniel Webster and John Marshall for earlier expressions of this famous quotation: {37299} and {320000}. Also, Maurice L. Duplessis {600341} for a contrary view.
This is opposite to the view that the power to tax is the power to destroy. See Oliver Wendell Holmes {603715}, Daniel Webster {37299} and John Marshall {320000}.
The Governor had warned the Board of Trade about the American reaction to the Stamp Act. He took the position that is was unconstitutional in the sense that it was contrary to Magna Carter. His and other warnings were ignored.