John Sherman Quotes

• If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.

  John Sherman

  Kings, Economic Inequality, Political

  "Elizabeth Warren’s Consolidation Speech Could Change the Election" by Paul Glastris, washingtonmonthly.com. June 30, 2016.

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• It's time to stop producing stuff, and start producing fun.

  John Sherman

  Fun, Stuff

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• We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it.

  John Sherman

  People, Taxes, Tax Day

  John Sherman (1879). “Selected Speeches and Reports on Finance and Taxation, from 1859 to 1878”

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• Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse.

  John Sherman

  Climbing, Gears, Sometimes

  John Sherman (2012). “Sherman Exposed: Slightly Censored Climbing Stories”, p.79, The Mountaineers Books

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• Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.

  John Sherman

  Climbing, Forever, Would Be

  John Sherman (2012). “Sherman Exposed: Slightly Censored Climbing Stories”, p.176, The Mountaineers Books

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• It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.

  John Sherman

  Fun, Climbing, Years

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