Coercion Quote by Murray Rothbard

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

— William Weld

The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But…

— John Stossel

“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

Let me tell you, that's what taxation is - it's confiscation. It's your money, it's not the government's money. But the government makes you…

— Rafael Cruz

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

The government's coercive taxing power necessarily creates two classes: those who create and those who consume the wealth expropriated and transferred by that power.

— Sheldon Richman

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and…

— Grover Cleveland

By its nature, governments and taxes are not voluntary. Government actions are violent and coercive, and theft as well.

— Jeff Berwick

Government is an apparatus of compulsion and coercion.

— Ludwig von Mises

By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot…

— Ezra Taft Benson

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

— John Stossel

The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything, because it amounts to nothing less than outright extortion,…

— Tibor R. Machan