Books Quote by Lauren Boebert

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

— William Weld

“Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to…

— Murray N. Rothbard

“Inflation is taxation without representation.”

— Milton Friedman

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

— Milton Friedman

“The State obtains its revenue by coercion, by threatening dire penalties should the income not be forthcoming. That coercion is known as “taxation,” although…

— Murray N. Rothbard

There can be no such thing as 'fairness in taxation.' Taxation is nothing but organized theft, and the concept of a 'fair tax' is…

— Murray Rothbard

“It’s as if the concept of taxation as theft—rather than as a shared burden that all should contribute toward as the cost of maintaining…

— Bruce Bartlett

I believe that the levels of taxation advocated by liberals render those taxes a veiled form of theft. 'Give me more than half of…

— Dennis Prager

“There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those of any historical or prehistorical tyranny. Socialism is merely democratic…

— Ayn Rand

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves…

— Frederic Bastiat

“For every dollar that is spent on the (boondoggle) bridge a dollar will be taken away from taxpayers. If the bridge costs $1,000,000 the…

— Henry Hazlitt

“A person who says “every person has a right to a decent education” may not actually mean “people should be robbed to support bad…

— Jeffrey Tucker

“But who would build the roads if there were no government? You mean to tell me that 300 million people in this country and…

— Larken Rose

The Islamic State is able to raise finances through taxation, through theft of banks, and certainly through oil sales from the Omar oilfields in…

— Vijay Prashad

It would be an instructive exercise for the skeptical reader to try to frame a definition of taxation which does not also include theft.…

— Murray Rothbard