Citizens Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The role of government is to tax the people to the least extent possible while still taxing them enough to cover the basic needs…

— Dan Crenshaw

The point of taxation isn't that the government knows better than you how to spend your money - it's that the government, by virtue…

— Jesse Taylor

Taxation is the legitimate support of government.

— Adolphe Thiers

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

— Mark Skousen

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal enjoyments, it only shifts expenses from…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

— Robert Rinder

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

— Terry Pratchett

Taxes are a universal burden in moral as well as in civil life. There is not a pleasure, social or otherwise, which is not…

— Alfred de Musset

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

— Ronald Reagan

My view is that taxation ought to be based upon ability to pay.

— Michael Madigan

As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg