Money Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“The founders realized that a gigantic government would require increasingly large amounts of resources from the people in the form of taxes, and that…

— Ben Carson

“We are not subjects of an autocratic King, but are citizens of the country contributing to the advancement of our people who pay taxes…

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

“They had managed to convert their wealth, which had originally been in the form of factories or stores or other demanding enterprises, into a…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Taxes are a barbaric remnant of ancient times in which early farmers, tied to the land, no longer able to roam freely, unable to…

— L. Neil Smith

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

— Hillary Clinton

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

— John Ruskin

“The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors.”

— Lao Tzu

“The author assumed that the main task of government is to distribute the collective wealth of society among its members, and that, in the…

— Roger Scruton

“Government does not create resources when it taxes people and prints money; it merely redistributes the wealth.”

— Ron Paul

Taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world.

— George Bernard Shaw

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made…

— Jill Lepore

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

— Terry Pratchett