Accepting Quote by Henry Ford

Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.

— Owen Paterson

In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes.

— Richard J. Maybury

Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume and carry…

— Charles Derber

The role of government is to tax the people to the least extent possible while still taxing them enough to cover the basic needs…

— Dan Crenshaw

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

— Byron Dorgan

An across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes ... to expand the incentives and opportunities of private expenditures.

— John F. Kennedy

Government spending either is completely wasteful, merely transfers income, purchases an intermediate rather than a final good, or purchases valuable final services whose value…

— Robert Higgs

You can't operate a business running at a loss, and particularly if you're doing it by paying yourselves. It just doesn't fly.

— James P. Gorman

In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process…

— Michael Parenti

Throughout history governments have been chronically short of revenue. The reason should be clear: unlike you and me, governments do not produce useful goods…

— Murray Rothbard

The public hasn't learned that businesses don't pay taxes: only people do. They're confused, and this makes an adviser's job all the harder.

— Edgar Fiedler

You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.

— Ronald Reagan