Free society Quote by Ayn Rand

By its nature, governments and taxes are not voluntary. Government actions are violent and coercive, and theft as well.

— Jeff Berwick

As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

Taxation is not charity. It is not voluntary. As we shrink the state and make government smaller, we will find that more and more…

— Grover Norquist

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

— Mark Skousen

One essential of a free government is that it rest wholly on voluntary support. And one certain proof that a government is not free,…

— Lysander Spooner

The true principle of taxation is the benefit principle - those who benefit from a government service should pay for it. It's also known…

— Mark Skousen

In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes.

— Richard J. Maybury

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

— James Monroe

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.

— Aaron Allston

Philanthropy should be voluntary.

— Bill Gates

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