It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Government schools can go for decades delivering low-quality services, and what's the result? The people who manage it earn higher pay. It's… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
In general, presidents and congressmen have very limited power to do good for the economy and awesome power to do bad. The… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The only way Congress can get one dollar to spend is to take that one dollar from Americans, borrow that one dollar… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The message coming out of Washington, especially from our leftist politicians and the news media, is that we solve our budget problems… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
All we have to do now is to inform the public that the payment of social security taxes is voluntary and watch… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
It is not wise for us to permit a few people on the Federal Reserve Board to have life and death power… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
In explaining the Constitution, James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, wrote in Federalist Paper 45: 'The powers delegated by the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart has become the whipping boy for political demagogues, unions and anti-traders. I suggest that they have the wrong target.... Wal-Mart exists and prospers… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Reaching into one's own pocket to assist his fellow man is noble and worthy of praise. Reaching into another person's pocket to assist one's… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and members of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Students who are alien and hostile to the education process ought to be removed. You say, "What will we do with them?" I say… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
What we call the market is really a democratic process involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people making personal decisions that express… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that the true test of one's commitment to freedom of association doesn't come when he allows people to associate in… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
