Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2026-03-23 Mar 23, 2026Congress will ever exercise their powers to levy as much money as the people can pay. They will not be restrained from direct taxes by the consideration that necessity does not require them.~ Melancton SmithIf the major opportunities for future growth of government lie in the area of conventional taxation, are there any defenses available to the citizenry? ... Perhaps the most fruitful advice comes in two parts. The first piece of advice is to avoid war and the rumor of war: this is history's greatest boon to the tax man. ... The second piece of advice is to seek ways of inhibiting government's ability conveniently to increase its collections. Possibly the very increase in that ability that is in prospect can be turned to account by a constitutional provision which forbade the income tax, and perhaps even the storage of information regarding individual incomes by third parties, including government.~ Benjamin WardA just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.~ James Madison Mar 20, 2026Certain things we cannot accomplish… by any process of government. We cannot legislate intelligence. We cannot legislate morality. No, and we cannot legislate loyalty, for loyalty is a kind of morality.~ A. Whitney GriswoldThere are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.~ Hubert H. HumphreyThe seven blunders that human society commits and cause all the violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principles.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Mar 19, 2026Liberty is a slow fruit.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonThe aim of any good constitution is to achieve in a society a high degree of political harmony, so that order and justice and freedom may be maintained.~ Russell KirkThe boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.~ Thomas Jefferson Mar 18, 2026You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, and that's good enough.~ Dr. Edwin VieiraWhen it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.~ John Viscount MorleyIntellectual slavery, of whatever nature it may be, will always have as a natural result both political and social slavery.~ Mikhail A. Bakunin Mar 17, 2026It is the duty of the officials to prevent or suppress the threatened disorder with a firm hand instead of timidly yielding to threats…. Surely a speaker ought not to be suppressed because his opponents propose to use violence. It is they who should suffer from their lawlessness, not he.~ American Bar AssociationThose who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. ~ Frederick DouglassI freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more if they had known they were slaves.~ Harriet Tubman Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print