Government Quote by Bernard Berenson

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

— Bernard Berenson

The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys.

— Robert A. Heinlein

A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.

— Judy LaMarsh

No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

Remember, the federal gov operated for more than 120 years without an income tax, using excise taxes to raise necessary revenues.

— Anonymous

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

— Charles de Secondat

“People tolerate taxes for a while because they have previously accumulated wealth. As the tax burden grows and productivity falls, tax revenue falls and…

— Ron Paul

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

— Herbert Hoover

“government that continues to tax the rich until there are no more rich, and then begins to tax everyone else without ever curbing its…

— Ben Carson

War, and more wars, are helping Government to siphon the earnings of its people into its treasury for its own selfish purpose, which is…

— Walter Russell

The era of big government is over.

— Anonymous