Ulysses S. Grant Quotes About Property

Quotes about: Property

• In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it is safe to say, this property will reach a sum exceeding $3 billion. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Believe, Religion, Atheism

• I would like to call your attention to ... an evil that, if allowed to continue, will probably lead to great trouble ... It is the accumulation of vast amounts of untaxed church property.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Evil, Atheism, Church

• So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes. . . . I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Government, Church, Pay

• I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Church, Taxation, Corporations

• I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Church, Taxation, Corporations

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