Ability Quote by Adam Smith

Taxation is the legitimate support of government.

— Adolphe Thiers

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

— Adam Smith

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

— William Henry Harrison

For the protection of state and welfare of the people, a ruler shold collect all types of wealth. By suing devices of sama, dama…

— Chanakya

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

— Michael Madigan

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

— William Henry Harrison

So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its…

— John Quincy Adams

[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the taxes and,…

— John C. Calhoun

Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes on wealth…

— Winnie Byanyima

All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to improve it.…

— Chrystia Freeland

Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be…

— Baron de Montesquieu

The real question is whether the federal government should be in the business of redistributing wealth to equalize the economic status of every state,…

— Bill Foster