Never forget that no government has wealth of its own to spend. The money has to come from taxation, monetary inflation, or… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
It can only be by blinding the understanding of man, and making him believe that government is some wonderful mysterious thing, that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
And to you taxpayers out there, let me say this: Make sure you file your tax return on time! And remember that,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Monopoly is a market, or part of a market, reserved to the exclusive possession of one or more sellers by means of… — George Reisman Copy Share Image
Still less, let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
National Health? Socialized pension funds? State-controlled television? Search and seizure laws? Forfeiture laws? If we're not living in the Soviet Union of… — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
The most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Earlier today, the White House released President Bush's tax return. Not surprisingly, under dependents, the president listed Iraq — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay the taxes, in the end they come out… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Tens of billions ... are going into the pockets of tens of thousands of tax preparers who ... love complexity as much… — Nicholas von Hoffman Copy Share Image
Deficit financing proper is rather the process whereby a Government spends more money that it withdraws from the economy by taxation, borrowing,… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
“Green recorded these initial thoughts about government: "Either the people will pay direct taxes, or they will pay none if they know… — Michael Rubbinaccio Copy Share Image
We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American dream that wealth… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Being a rapper is all fun and games until tax season rolls around and you can't recall exactly how many racks on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In particular, the State has arrogated to itself a compulsory monopoly over police and military services, the provision of law, judicial decision-making,… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news — Don Nickles Copy Share Image
Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is… — George Will Copy Share Image
The better an entrepreneur succeeds, the more is he vilified and themore is he soaked by taxation. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of them. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden… — Edmund Barton Copy Share Image
My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image