Ability Quote by David Ricardo

The best taxes are such as are levied upon consumptions, especially those of luxury; because such taxes are least felt by the people. They…

— David Hume

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal enjoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

It is fairer to tax people on what they extract from the economy, as roughly measured by their consumption, than to tax them on…

— Thomas Hobbes

As to the Income Tax, my opinion is that the needful revenue would be fairly and most fairly raised if paid by property, and…

— John Bright

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.

— Jill Lepore

My view is that taxation ought to be based upon ability to pay.

— Michael Madigan

A tax is money levied on a persons property, business or pleasure. A taxilevies money to get to a persons property, business or pleasure.

— Robert D Dangoor

“Tax systems are essentially the mechanisms by which societies decide what people have to share with each other versus what they can keep for…

— Martin Adams

Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.

— Benjamin Franklin

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

— Plato

People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to…

— Will Rogers