Liberty Quotes

"I am here because I want to redefine the meaning of citizenship in America... If you’re asked in school ‘What does it mean to be a good citizen?’ I want the answer to be, ‘Well, to be a good citizen, you have to obey the law, you’ve got to go to work or be in school, you’ve got to pay your taxes and, oh, yes, you have to serve in your community to help make it a better place.’" -Bill Clinton [William Jefferson Blythe III] (1946- ), 42nd US President Source: Presidents' Summit for America's Future, Philadelphia, April 27-29, 1997
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"The politicians don’t just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless." -James Dale Davidson National Taxpayers Union
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"A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the Federal inspector will be in every man’s counting house. The law will of necessity have inquisitorial features, it will provide penalties. It will create a complicated machinery. Under it businessmen will be hauled into courts distant from their homes. Heavy fines imposed by distant and unfamiliar tribunals will constantly menace the taxpayer. An army of Federal inspectors, spies and detectives will descend upon the state. They will compel men of business to show their books and disclose the secrets of their affairs. They will dictate forms of bookkeeping. They will require statements and affidavits. On the one hand the inspector can blackmail the taxpayer and on the other, he can profit by selling his secret to his competitor." -Richard E. Byrd (1888-1947) Polar explorer, Virginia House Speaker Source: Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1910
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