Character Quote by James Monroe

Taxes are a universal burden in moral as well as in civil life. There is not a pleasure, social or otherwise, which is not…

— Alfred de Musset

When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning…

— Tony Campolo

“The Americans are right: there should not be taxation unless the people consent to it. And it should be fair, which means the nobility…

— Michelle Moran

The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of…

— Calvin Coolidge

“But as to honour, justice, wisdom, and learning, they should not be taxed at all; because they are qualifications of so singular a kind,…

— Jonathan Swift

My view is that taxation ought to be based upon ability to pay.

— Michael Madigan

Everyone has right not to recognize the sovereignty of the state and thus he has right to avoid the taxes. Human freedom is always…

— Ilkin Santak

The payment of taxes is an obvious and insistent duty, and its sanction is usually punitive.

— Joseph McKenna

So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its…

— John Quincy Adams

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

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Taxes are necessary. But the system of discriminatory taxation universally accepted under the misleading name of progressive taxation of income and inheritance is not…

— Ludwig von Mises