Justice Quote by Jonathan Swift

“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

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society…

— Andrew Jackson

It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people, that ought…

— Adam Smith

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

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

— James Monroe

“The graduated tax is a confiscatory tax. Its effect, and to a large extent its aim, is to bring down all men to a…

— Barry M. Goldwater

Every tax, however, is to the person who pays it a badge, not of slavery but of liberty. It denotes that he is a…

— Adam Smith

“When a man pays a tax, he knows that the public necessity requires it, and therefore feels a pride in discharging his duty; but…

— Thomas Paine

“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. ”

— John Maynard Keynes

“Be he poor, be he friendless,here he may acquire distinction, the reward of merit alone. Knowledge to him will here unfold her ample page;…

— Charles Nicholson

“Widespread distrust in a society…imposes a kind of tax on all forms of economic activity, a tax that high-trust societies do not have to…

— Stephen R. Covey

“They are subjected to all manner of taxes: the tithe, the hearth tax and the capitation tax. When all those are paid, they are…

— Simon Scarrow