Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old.
Edmund BurkeNo men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.
Edmund BurkeWhere two motives, neither of them perfectly justifiable, may be assigned, the worst has the chance of being preferred.
Edmund Burke