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It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them. — Tiberius
I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you… — Richard Cobden
Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized. — Albert Bushnell Hart
Taxation according to income is the most effective instrument yet devised to obtain just contribution from those best able to bear it and to avoid… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The tax upon land values is the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a peculiar… — Henry George
The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless… — Calvin Coolidge
There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive, they tend to disappear. — Calvin Coolidge
The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the united States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as… — Jacob G. Hornberger
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue… — Ronald Reagan
He who has the base necessities of life should pay nothing; taxation on him who has a surplus may, if need be; extend to everything… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. — Merton Miller
In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon… — Robert Toombs
Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr. — Will Rogers
The crime of taxation is not in the taking it, it's in the way that it's spent. — Will Rogers
Liberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of their own government,… — H. L. Mencken
If you tax too high, the revenue will yield nothing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world. — George Bernard Shaw
The American colonies, all know, were greatly opposed to taxation without representation. They were also, a less celebrated quality, equally opposed to taxation with representation. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds… — William E. Gladstone
This is not the time for political fun and games. This is the time for a new beginning. I ask you now to put aside… — Ronald Reagan
So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation… — John Quincy Adams
I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. — Milton Friedman
Inflation is taxation without legislation. — Milton Friedman
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. — Milton Friedman

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