Civilized Quote by Mark Skousen

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally…

— Mark Skousen

Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

Going from income support to one of the higher tax tiers overnight... you'd think there'd be a 12-step programme.

— James Bowen

A lot of people out there working hard and finally building up to getting a pretty good income. Higher tax rates on them, you…

— Fred Thompson

“The U.S. corporate-tax code is an ugly and unusual beast: It imposes the highest top rate in the developed world, but a swamp of…

— Anonymous

A more productive economy in the long term will bring us higher tax revenues, but that requires long-term investment in infrastructure and the skills…

— Jeremy Corbyn

It's one thing to maintain that upper-income earners should pay higher tax rates because they are better able to shoulder the burden for essential…

— David Limbaugh

President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and…

— Rob Portman

High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders of the…

— Thomas Sowell

We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.

— Jeff Rich

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

— Judith Viorst

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

— Mark Skousen

The true principle of taxation is the benefit principle - those who benefit from a government service should pay for it. It's also known…

— Mark Skousen

The U.S.S.R. was a totalitarian state in which judges and prosecutors were controlled by the ruling party. The result was injustice, oppression and corruption.

— Anne Applebaum

Doctrine that eliminates or even obscures the function of choice of values and enlistment of desires and emotions in behalf of those chosen weakens…

— John Dewey