Estates Quote by Chris Van Hollen

I used to say the wealthiest among us have to pay our fair share, which I still occasionally say. That's not dodging the word…

— Phil Murphy

Inherited wealth, that is not what America is based upon.

— Richard Neal

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in…

— Susan George

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is…

— Thomas Sowell

That's the problem with very high taxes - they don't redistribute wealth; they redistribute people.

— Daniel Hannan

Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a great parcel…

— Bill Gates

Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share.' It is only…

— Peter Schiff

We're going to raise the estate tax for wealthy, very wealthy people.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

“only 0.27 percent of all estates were wealthy enough to be affected by estate taxes. The”

— Jane Mayer

The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades ago when…

— Robert Reich

It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more…

— Adam Smith

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be…

— Robert Payne