Quotes about ratepayer

Quotes about ratepayer

Oscar Wilde photo

“The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble. For Chuang Tsǔ spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Review of Herbert Giles translation of the works of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tsu) in The Speaker (8 February 1890)

Life, Family
Sammy Wilson photo

“They are poofs. I don't care if they are ratepayers. As far as I am concerned they are perverts.”

Sammy Wilson (1953) British politician

Daily Express (June 1, 1992)
After gay rights activists had requested the use of City Hall