Allowing Quote by Thomas Frank

The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons.

— Adam Smith

Tolling... has a place. We're not going to toll our way to prosperity as a country. It is a tool that can be used…

— Anthony Foxx

Respecters of private property are really obligated to oppose much that is done today in the name of private enterprise, for corporate organization and…

— Richard M. Weaver

In the Internet world, both ends essentially pay for access to the Internet system, and so the providers of access get compensated by the…

— Vinton Cerf

If you own a toll road, you don't care how many passengers are in each car or what kind of car it is. You…

— Richard Kinder

Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even…

— Benjamin Franklin

Much of what's called 'public' is increasingly a private good paid for by users - ever-higher tolls on public highways and public bridges, higher…

— Robert Reich

We cannot afford to deliberately cripple our cities by transferring public tax dollars to private entities for benefits that are unclear at best.

— Rashida Tlaib

Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it.

— Robert James Thomson

Nobody likes paying tolls. It's difficult to explain the concept of dynamic tolling, where the price varies to maintain the flow of traffic. And…

— Robert James Thomson

One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this…

— Jim Ryun

“if consumer demand should increase for the goods or services of any private business, the private firm is delighted; it woos and welcomes the…

— Murray N. Rothbard