#taxation

Taxation without representation is tyranny. ↗

— James Otis

#taxation #tyranny #without

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. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#being #government #land #laws #namely

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

— John Ruskin

#fortunes #founded #labor #land #large

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#anyway #candidate #commit #cook #going

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. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#act #bank #certificates #deposit #earned

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

— Terry Pratchett

#just #menaces #money #sophisticated #taxation

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#imposed #inflation #legislation #taxation #without

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided. ↗

— Edmund Barton

#bear #burden #duty #educate #education

I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#declare #diminishing #england #establishments #falls

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#avoid #founded #land #taxation