More laws, less justice. -Marcus Tullius Ciceroca (42 B.C.)

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 Churchill 

The power to tax is the power to destroy. -John Marshall

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain   

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. -Edward R. Murrow

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -Douglas Casey (1992)

The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates. -Tacitus

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O’Rourke 

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. -P.J. O’Rourke 

  No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. -Mark Twain (1866)

  What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley

Talk is cheap—except when Congress does it. -Cullen Hightower   Talk is cheap—except when Congress does it. -Cullen Hightower

War is just one more big government program. -Joseph Sobran   War is just one more big government program. -Joseph Sobran 

  The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. -Thomas Jefferson 

  Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

  Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities. -Robert Nozick