History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government. . . . When it reaches 25%, there comes an increase in lawlessness.
If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it.
No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.
The current tax code is a daily mugging.
I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.
What we don't need is more spending, and what we don't need are taxes, and what we do need is a lot less of both.
You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.