Citizens Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

“The public revenues are a portion that each subject gives of his property, in order to secure or enjoy the remainder.”

— Montesquieu

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a…

— George Washington

No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.

— Benjamin Franklin

In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state.

— Aristotle

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich…

— Harold Laski

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

— Andrew Jackson

State has the primary responsibility but the citizen has to spend his or her funds. This is part of neo-liberalism.

— Andre Vltchek

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

— Adam Smith

Reforms ensure that everybody benefits and the state generates financial resources to provide for the really deserving.

— Piyush Goyal

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of…

— Albert J. Nock

It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of wealth a matter of…

— Anonymous

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

— Horace