Quotable Quotes: 

“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” ― John Marshall

“The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny.” ― Calvin Coolidge

“It’s not rocket science. Hong Kong has 95% tax compliance, because it’s code is only 4 pages long with a 15% flat tax.” ― Ziad K. Abdelnour

“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” ― Winston S. Churchill

“One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.” ― Ron Paul

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose – Margaret Thatcher

“No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.” ― Rush Limbaugh

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ― Frédéric Bastiat

“Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match. It is a compulsory seizure of the property of the State’s inhabitants, or subjects.” ― Murray N. Rothbard

Here’s the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth – Paul Ryan

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can’t live within its income – Will Rogers

Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for – Will Rogers

“You don’t pay taxes – they take taxes.” ― Chris Rock