Unbounded hopes were placed on each successive extension of the electoral franchise, culminating in the enfranchisement of women.These hopes have been disappointed,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If, however, a government refrains from regulations and allows matters to take their course, essential commodities soon attain a level of price… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that… — Learned Hand 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
To allow the policy question of same-sex marriage to be considered and resolved by a select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Most politicians are ever eager to regulate industrial and commercial activity and strike at the economic elite with confiscatory taxation. Unfortunately, regulation… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive… — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
It is my view that what is important is cutting government spending, however spending is financed. A so-called deficit is a disguised… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights - the "right" to education, the "right" to health care, the "right" to food… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the US government spends 40 percent of the nation's income, as it does through either borrowing or taxes, that income is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It appears to be uncertain whether the journey of Mary with her husband was obligatory or voluntary. . . . Women were… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
“Pah…commoners, traders." Ergus made a disparaging gesture. Traders with money, Ergus. Money they put at the disposition of young Tanahkos," Lmachdan said… — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
I think that we've had an economy that's been out of balance for too long. So the general principle of raising taxes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I became finance minister in 1991, I discovered that the wealth tax rates income - there was taxation on wealth. It… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have,… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
The second area, taxation, we agree, we ought to bring the tax rates down. And I do, both for corporations and for… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Those of us who understand human history know the role taxation has played in shaping the destiny of mankind. The matter of… — Owen Arthur Copy Share Image
Socialism is about claims of justice, and it is also about money: about wealth, income, physical and financial capital. It is an… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
In any socialist government, they must destroy all alliances other than your alliance to the government, and they want the government to… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
All socialism involves slavery… That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. The relation… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
