Agency Quote by George Will

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making…

— William Greider

No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another…

— Walter E. Williams

Asset forfeiture is a mockery of the Bill of Rights. There is no presumption of innocence, no need to prove you guilty (or even…

— Harry Browne

Logically, we should be paid for obeying the law since violation of laws is punished by forfeiture.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

The core civil liberty that underpins our American criminal justice system is the presumption of innocence. Every person enjoys this presumption long before the…

— William Barr

One of the most offensive actions by the IRS is its continued unlawful seizures of money and assets of innocent Americans, called civil asset…

— Kevin Brady

And let no government imagine, that, to strip them of the power of defrauding their subjects, is to deprive them of a valuable privilege.…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income…

— Cal Thomas

To make certain that crime does not pay, the government should take it over and try to run it.

— J. Norman Collie

When your money is taken by a thief, you get nothing in return. When your money is taken through taxes to support needless bureaucrats,…

— Henry Hazlitt

When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property rights commit…

— Ibn Khaldun

Laws provide, as much as ispossible that the goods and health of subjects be not injured by the fraud and violence of others. They…

— John Locke