Government Quote by Jeff Berwick

In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary.

— Ayn Rand

As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.

— William Weld

All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support…

— Lysander Spooner

I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

— Milton Friedman

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

— Murray Rothbard

If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from its owner.

— Frederic Bastiat

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

— Auberon Herbert

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they…

— Albert Camus

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

— Richard J. Maybury

People are voluntarily giving money to A.E.I. - there is no government money - because they think the work we do is valuable.

— Charles Murray

Government is essentially immoral.

— Herbert Spencer