Taxation Quotes · Page 2

What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue.

— Thomas Paine

Taxation is the legitimate support of government.

— Adolphe Thiers

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

— James Otis

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor.

— Robert Nozick

Abolish all taxation save that upon land values.

— Henry George

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

— Edward Abbey

The United States has a system of taxation by confession

— Hugo Black

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

— Milton Friedman

Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Inflation is taxation and taxation is theft that takes more money out of hard-working Americans' pocket books.

— Lauren Boebert

A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.

— Thomas Tusser

In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal

— Learned Hand

Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual.

— Thomas Jefferson

Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes

— Franklin P. Adams

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

— Mark Skousen

But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration.

— Steve King

“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion…

— Stefan Molyneux

Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last…

— Ogden Nash

The only real good technology is no technology at all. Technology is taxation without representation, imposed by our elitist species (man) upon…

— Eric Pianka

Even if you assume that the whole economy would work better had we never had double taxation, having the envy and resentment…

— Charlie Munger

I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans]. I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and…

— Brad Pitt

What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on…

— Benjamin Carson

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living…

— Calvin Trillin

“Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.”

— Larken Rose

We very much hope that as we get growth that we can reduce the burden of taxation, that we can reduce income…

— Margaret Thatcher

By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And…

— Tom Hodgkinson

If the present American laws concerning the taxation of the profits of corporations, the incomes of individuals, and inheritances had been introduced…

— Ludwig von Mises

The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the…

— Murray Rothbard

“For every dollar that is spent on the (boondoggle) bridge a dollar will be taken away from taxpayers. If the bridge costs…

— Henry Hazlitt

So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The top one…

— Rush Limbaugh

And to you taxpayers out there, let me say this: Make sure you file your tax return on time! And remember that,…

— Dave Barry

“So why don’t Americans cheat? Because they think that their system is legitimate. People accept authority when they see that it treats…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“As clear as it is important, the death of Detroit is still mostly ignored. Generally, the slow destruction of a major city…

— Daniel Greenup

It is urged that the use of the masculine pronouns he, his, and him in all the constitutions and laws, is proof…

— Susan B. Anthony

The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

“Property taxes' rank right up there with 'income taxes' in terms of immorality and destructiveness. Where 'income taxes' are simply slavery using…

— Larken Rose

“If you personally advocate that I be caged if I don't pay for whatever "government" things YOU want, please don't pretend to…

— Larken Rose

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the…

— Andrew Mellon

Uncertainty hurts business. It annoys individuals. Why keep the whole country, including business and individuals, in uncertainty over the extent of the…

— B. C. Forbes