Coercion Quote by J.S.B. Morse

Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its strongest exercise…

— William Greider

“The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”

— Charles Slack

“By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect…

— John Maynard Keynes

“If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are…

— Lysander Spooner

“I am not in favor of having government do anything that private citizens can do as good or better”

— William Howard Taft

“we are living in a sick society filled with people who would not directly steal from their neighbor but who are willing to demand…

— William L. Comer

“If we believe in liberty, it must be freedom from both private and public coercion.”

— Tim Wu

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

“Corporate government law enforcement departments act in the interests of the corporations, even if those actions are illegal.”

— Steven Magee

It is actually against the law for a citizen to give money to a terrorist.

— Lesley Stahl

“Liberty demands self-government, but not the right to interfere with others.”

— Bertrand Russell

“Anyone can overthrow a government. It’s ruling that’s hard.”

— Elan Mastai