Taxation Quotes

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.

My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation.

In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.

The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.