Expenses Quote by Adam Smith

“But as to honour, justice, wisdom, and learning, they should not be taxed at all; because they are qualifications of so singular a kind,…

— Jonathan Swift

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

— Hillary Clinton

Taxes are a universal burden in moral as well as in civil life. There is not a pleasure, social or otherwise, which is not…

— Alfred de Musset

“The Americans are right: there should not be taxation unless the people consent to it. And it should be fair, which means the nobility…

— Michelle Moran

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal enjoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

Those of us who understand human history know the role taxation has played in shaping the destiny of mankind. The matter of taxes -…

— Owen Arthur

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

— James Monroe

My view is that taxation ought to be based upon ability to pay.

— Michael Madigan

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It's one thing to maintain that upper-income earners should pay higher tax rates because they are better able to shoulder the burden for essential…

— David Limbaugh

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

— Thomas Jefferson