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

2. 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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 

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

16. 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