Chosen Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.

— Harlan F. Stone

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what…

— Harry Browne

I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.

— Benjamin Carson

My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done.

— Barack Obama

I am interested in power, too, but power for you, the people, not power for bureaucrats and politicians and officeholders and all the like.

— Rush Limbaugh

I favor the abolition of all Social Security, Medicare and estate taxes. In their place, we should create a simple income tax system that…

— Ari Fleischer

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

— John Marshall

I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions…

— Gary Johnson

The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent.

— J. William Fulbright

I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework.

— Mohammed Morsi

The Congress is pretty powerful if it wants to be.

— Newt Gingrich

Parliamentary sovereignty - the right to pass laws as the supreme legal authority in the land, including laws that limit the powers of the…

— Nicky Morgan