"... of all the methods that have been devised for the division of nations into classes, unequal taxes are the most pernicious and effective. They tend to isolate each class irremediably; for when the tax in unequal, the line is drawn afresh every year between the taxables and the exempts; the distinction is never allowed to fade. Every member of the privileged class feels a pressing and immediate interest in keeping it up and maintaining his isolation from the taxable community."

Excerpt from THE OLD REGIME AND THE REVOLUTION by ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

Thoughts on the French Revolution, socioeconomic inequality and current affairs.