167 Quotes About Taxation

"The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied...and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings."

"Encouragement of sedentarism is perhaps the oldest "state project," a project related to the second-oldest state project of taxation."

"To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. However, he attempted it."

"A government is a territorial monopolist of compulsion-an agency which may engage in continual, institutionalized property rights violations and the expropriation, taxation and regulation-of private property owners."

"You've been taught to "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's". Unlearn that lesson. Free men would not permit Caesar to exist."

"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15."

"I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible."

"You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak"

"Death and taxes in life are certain, knowing how to pay only your fair share is third."