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Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.

William E. Simon

[We should] have a tax structure which looks like someone designed it on purpose.

William E. Simon

If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, you should not allow the government to do it for you.

William E. Simon

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of its importance when one is choking.

William E. Simon

The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.

William E. Simon

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

William E. Simon

William E. Simon

William E. Simon

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Born: November 27, 1927

Died: June 3, 2000 (aged 72)

Bio: William Edward Simon was a businessman, a Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. for three years, and a philanthropist. He became the 63rd Secretary of the Treasury on May 9, 1974, during the Nixon administration.

Known for:

A Time for Truth (1978)
A time for reflection
A time for action (1980)
Great Catholic Parishes: A Living Mosiac
Reforming the income tax system (1981)

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