Doe Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by…

— Hans F. Sennholz

Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.

— John Stossel

The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

— Milton Friedman

Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else.

— Henry Hazlitt

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

Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.

— John Stossel

Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future.

— Anonymous

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals.

— Angela McGlowan

The government doesn't create wealth of its own; it can only take it from some and distribute it to others or dictate particular public…

— Joel Miller

The government pretends to be endowed with the mystical power to accord favors out of an inexhaustible horn of plenty. It is both omniscient…

— Ludwig von Mises

No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.

— Adrienne Clarkson

The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

— Ronald Reagan