“The Venetians invented the income tax, statistical science, the floating of government stock, state censorship of books, anonymous denunciations (the Bocca del Leone), the gambling casino, and the Ghetto.”
Source: Venice Observed (1956), Ch. 7
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Source: "Radio and Television Address to the Nation on the Test Ban Treaty and the Tax Reduction Bill" (18 September 1963) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=9413

A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923), Ch. 2 : Public Finance and Changes in the Value of Money
Source: An exploration in the theory of optimum income taxation, 1971, p. 209