Administration 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

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

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

“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

Unlike every other person and institution in society, government obtains its revenue from coercion, from taxation.

— Murray Rothbard

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

— James Monroe

When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the people with…

— Ronald Reagan

Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government…

— John Jay

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

“The State obtains its revenue by coercion, by threatening dire penalties should the income not be forthcoming. That coercion is known as “taxation,” although…

— Murray N. Rothbard

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

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

— Terry Pratchett