America Quote by Edmund Burke

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they…

— Albert Camus

Look, ideally I'd like to have free money to give to everybody. The reality is in government you have to choose and make decisions.

— Grant Shapps

Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you --…

— John Wayne

I am neither a free-trade man, willing to collect all the money we have to raise by direct tax upon the people, nor am…

— Joseph E. Brown

“Increasing numbers of Americans are subscribing to the myth that you can get something for nothing—as long as the government is footing the bill.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

If you're going to have a free economy, one in which the ordinary citizen can dispose of his own income, you're going to have…

— Roger Scruton

I'm not for no taxes. That would be an anarchist. I am for lower taxes.

— Grover Norquist

No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as…

— Frederick The Great

In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary.

— Ayn Rand

The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of…

— Calvin Coolidge

When there is no welfare state then the system is free.

— Javier Milei

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

— James Monroe