Fighting Quote by Thomas Paine

...taxes are not raised to carry on wars, but that wars are raised to carry on taxes

— Thomas Paine

Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.

— Thomas Paine

Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes.

— Tom DeLay

In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would…

— Thomas Paine

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

— Benjamin Franklin

America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.

— P. J. O'Rourke

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

— Plato

Raising taxes is not our objective. It's bolstering and maintaining the country's defense capabilities.

— Fumio Kishida

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like George W. Bush did.

— Chaka Fattah

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing…

— Thomas Paine

I'm not for a temporary war tax. We're putting actual dollars in one way or the other, and so if we're gonna look at…

— Stephen Pagliuca

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.

— Chaka Fattah