Government Quote by Grover Cleveland

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and…

— Grover Cleveland

When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust…

— Laozi

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.

— Ayn Rand

Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it is politically…

— Leonard Read

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of…

— Thomas Jefferson

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

— Terry Pratchett

“The greed of a single person must never be allowed to subvert the function of government so that one person’s profit can be achieved…

— Rocco Leonard Martino

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits…

— Bono

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the taxpayer to…

— Andrew Mellon

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive.

— Auberon Herbert

Government can only do two things: It can beat people up and kill them. Or it can threaten to do so. When it seems…

— L. Neil Smith