"Well, now, you see I've never wanted to fight a fellow on his ground, and he must know more about highway robbery than I do."
—Governor Ronald Reagan, at an April 9, 1969 press conference, responding to Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh's claim that his tax reform proposal was "highway robbery."
Cal-Taxletter May 2, 2008
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