Taxes Quotes · Page 131

That's the problem with very high taxes - they don't redistribute wealth; they redistribute people.

— Daniel Hannan

“When your child is a little older, you can teach him about our tax system in a way that is easy to…

— Joseph Sobran

We want to have trade agreements that give us a level playing field, get other countries to respect the rule of law,…

— Paul Ryan

Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were…

— Gail Collins

Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.

— Margaret Thatcher

When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the…

— Ronald Reagan

A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector…

— Calvin Coolidge

Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all…

— Dan Brown

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices,…

— Chris Christie

Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination. I agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and…

— Liz Truss

I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply.

— Wesley Snipes

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but…

— Thomas Paine

If every rich person gave 50 percent of their wealth to charity, I would not say they should pay more taxes.

— George Soros

When I'm writing in long hand, it just goes on and on and on. When I was in the saloon business, I…

— Malachy McCourt

If [Donald Trump] is paid zero [taxes], that means zero for troops, zero for vets, zero for schools or health.

— Hillary Clinton

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing…

— Jill Lepore

Buying pollution credits is folly; it doesn't help the environment. Instead of using tax dollars to buy credits overseas, we'll use them…

— Stephen Harper

Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth.

— Jeb Bush

Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes.…

— Paul Ryan

Coal research and development provides huge benefits for the nation, and pay for itself many times over through taxes flowing back to…

— Tim Holden

It used to be that death and taxes alone were inevitable. Now there's shipping and handling.

— Bert Murray

I know of no power, indeed, of which a free people ought to be more jealous, than of that of levying taxes…

— Joseph Story

In those countries where income taxes are lower than in the United States, the ability to defer the payment of U.S. tax…

— John F. Kennedy

Congress realized that it was inherently unfair to penalize Americans by requiring them to pay taxes on taxes they had already paid.

— Tom Suozzi

I'm very, very concerned ultimately, as Medicaid costs increase in my state and most states, it's going to reduce funding for state…

— Dave Heineman