Class Quote by Sheldon Richman

[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the taxes and,…

— John C. Calhoun

Unlike every other person and institution in society, government obtains its revenue from coercion, from taxation.

— Murray Rothbard

Instead of taxing rich people, governments borrow from them, and pay them interest for the privilege.

— Doug Henwood

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

— William Weld

The power of taxing people and their property is essential to the very existence of government.

— James Madison

The government transfers income and wealth according to the rules of politics, which make politicians the primary beneficiaries of the system, and the poor…

— Hans F. Sennholz

The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to…

— Harry Browne

This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.

— Noam Chomsky

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

— Jose Saramago

The power to regulate the economy is the same thing as the power to distribute favors.

— Jason Brennan

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

“Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another. If the proletariat during its contest with the…

— Karl Marx