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Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.
J. P. Morgan
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J. P. Morgan
Age: 75 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 17
Died: 1913
Died: March 31
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