“The government has no money of its own. It's all your money.”

“The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.”

“But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.”

“The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.”

“The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.”

“Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If the State wishes to spend more it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. It is no good thinking that someone else will pay - that 'someone else' is you. There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers' money.”

“If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.”