Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always be considerable, either because taxes cannot touch those who vote for them or because they are assessed. in a way to prevent that.

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.

Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere …

By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities…

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsi…

On the level of political principle, the imposition of taxes and the expenditure of tax proceeds are governmental functions. We have established elaborate cons…

The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.