John Locke Quotes

You have got to be willing to pay for the government you want.

No sane person enjoys paying tax... money, after all, is a very nice thing to have. But it's the price we all pay for so many vital things in this country - and those of us lucky enough to have a bit more should be proud to be paying a little bit more as well.

Your federal government needs your money so that it can perform vital services for you that you would not think up yourself in a million years.

Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.

If the government mandates anything with a price tag on it, then it ought to fund the project.

We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.

I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?

It's a privilege to pay taxes. Yeah! It's not a political question, folks. We have to pay for stuff.

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.

We want public services but we do not want to pay for them

Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them, so they're a necessary evil

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there. Good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory.

Perhaps the day will come when the man who is paying a high income tax will say to himself "This is proof of my patriotism. The measures which are supported by this money are what make my country a better place to live in. They insure to me and to my children a greater security under the form of government which I have chosen.

Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need.

The role of government is to tax the people to the least extent possible while still taxing them enough to cover the basic needs for government.

Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.

Paying tax is not a punishment. It's a responsibility.

Of course kids should pay taxes.Tell littlie johnny if he wants to ride his bicycle on the sidewalk instead of in the mud,he's got to pay3 more pennies when he buys a candy bar.

"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

There is no liberty without dependency. That is why we should celebrate tax day.

When I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him, I find a man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours.

The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But lately the government has been a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others. America is now about evenly split between those who pay income taxes and those who consume them.

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

Do you know that all of the money that we are spending, that the government is spending, must come from you? The government has no great pile of gold to which it can go to get what it gives you. The government has not one cent that it does not take from your pockets. Do not imagine, do not believe, do not go on the theory that you are not to pay this bill, unless the fundamentals of our government are to be overturned.

In a democracy the day when you pay your taxes, April 15, would be a day of celebration, because you're getting together to provide resources for the programs you decided on.