Ability Quote by William Greider

Money is an instrumentality of the profit motive and must be issued and backed only by private enterprisers. Economic and political perversities are inescapable…

— E.C. Riegel

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals.

— Angela McGlowan

The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

— Milton Friedman

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

— Voltaire

Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.

— John Stossel

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

— Roger Starr

Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future.

— Anonymous

When government is invested with money power it rises above the citizen and under the profession of protecting him may actually constitute the greatest…

— E.C. Riegel

The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. ... Government is the only organized mechanism that makes possible that…

— John Ralston Saul

The truth is that the government cannot give if it does not take from somebody...It is not in the power of the government to…

— Ludwig von Mises

By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The influence over government must be shared among all the people. If every individual which composes their mass participates of the ultimate authority, the…

— Thomas Jefferson