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Tax shelters are a coffin for money.

— Howard Jarvis I’m Mad As Hell: The Exclusive Story of the Tax Revolt and its Leader (1979)

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I didn’t think Communists should be allowed to hold office for the same reason that I don’t think you should give Al Capone the key to your safe-deposit box.

I’m Mad As Hell: The Exclusive Story of the Tax Revolt and its Leader (1979)

The people who wrote the constitution ... didn't say life, liberty and welfare or life, liberty and food stamps.

I guess nobody chose me to lead the parade. I guess I chose myself. If I hadn't done it, I don't think anybody else in California would have done it. Nobody.

I’m Mad As Hell: The Exclusive Story of the Tax Revolt and its Leader (1979)

The most important thing in this country is not the school system, nor the police department nor the fire department. The right to have property in this country, the right to have a home in this country, that’s important.

Over the years one of the main ploys by our politicians has been to make government so complicated that people can’t understand it. What the people can’t understand, they’re afraid of and walk away from. That leaves the politicians with a free hand.

I’m Mad As Hell: The Exclusive Story of the Tax Revolt and its Leader (1979)

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