Ambition Quote by Frank Chodorov
“The only beneficiaries of income taxation are the politicians, for it not only gives them the means by which they can increase their emoluments, but it also enables them to improve their importance. The have-nots who support the politicians in the demand for income taxation do so only because they hate the haves; . . . the sum of all the arguments for income taxation comes to political ambition and the sin of covetousness.”
About This Quote
Source Essay: “The Taxation Debate,” 1935
Taxation benefits politicians more than citizens, driven by power and greed.
In simple terms: Taxes serve political ambition and greed.
Key Takeaway
Question the motives behind tax policies.
Themes
politics
economics
justice
Mood
critical
skeptical
Type
philosophical
political
When to use this quote
- policy analysis
- civic education
- activism
Key Concepts
public finance
political theory
Questions to Reflect On
- What alternatives to taxation could address inequality?
- How can citizens influence tax policy?
A Different Perspective
Taxation can fund essential services.
![“I have never had, nor will I ever have, any [political] ambitions. The only thing on which I have always set my heart is being able to gain God's good pleasure and, therefore, trying to make him known correctly and loved by humanity.” quote by Fethullah Gulen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eae/fethullah-gulen-7833_able_i-have-never-had-nor-will-i-ever-have-an_1479606.jpg)
![“[When people] say 'let's do something about it,' they mean 'let's get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else.' And that somebody is invariably you.” quote by Frank Chodorov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ed/frank-chodorov-17300_machinery_when-people-say-let-s-do-something-about_430256.jpg)
