Hands Quote by Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical...A wise…

— Thomas Jefferson

We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.

— Adam Davidson

To introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task.

— Chuck Schumer

Taxes are necessary. But the system of discriminatory taxation universally accepted under the misleading name of progressive taxation of income and inheritance is not…

— Ludwig von Mises

We need a tax system that essentially takes very good care of the people who just really aren't as well adapted to the market…

— Warren Buffett

So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its…

— John Quincy Adams

Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social…

— David Harsanyi

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

— Benjamin Carson

Taxes should be lower, flatter, and simpler, in that order.

— David Boaz

Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no longer so…

— Angela Merkel

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

— Michael Madigan

I'd rather see the tax for innovation reduced rather than expanded.

— Mitt Romney