America Quote by Charles Schumer

Americans sometimes ask what the government does and where their tax money goes. Among other things, it pays for all kinds of invisible but…

— Nancy Gibbs

Taxes are how we pool our money for public health and safety, infrastructure, research, and services-from the development of vaccines and the Internet to…

— Holly Sklar

The most important duty of government is to keep our people safe.

— Kay Ivey

The major thing of our government is to protect the people.

— John Layfield

The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But…

— John Stossel

The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes…

— Lysander Spooner

The chief duty of our federal government is the safety and security of the American people.

— Martha McSally

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

— Margaret Thatcher

Let me tell you, that's what taxation is - it's confiscation. It's your money, it's not the government's money. But the government makes you…

— Rafael Cruz

Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why…

— John Baldacci

It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.

— Charles Kennedy

Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it is politically…

— Leonard Read