The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich; a war constantly growing in intensity and bitterness.
Justice Stephen Field, concurs with the majority opinion against the income tax. The date attributed to the quote is the day the Supreme Court pronounced the income tax unconstitutional. From The Great Tax Wars, p. 158.
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