“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.”

— Tom Clancy

2000s, Kudlow & Cramer interview (2003)

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American author 1947–2013

Mancur Olson book The Logic of Collective Action

The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups (1965), III. The Labor Union and Economic Freedom

“Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people.”

Penn Jillette (1955) American magician

Penn and Teller's How to Play in Traffic (1997), p. 35
1990s

“Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher

Conversation 5
1970s, The Urgency of Change (1970)

“Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks… then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get.

It's really not even fair to everyone else.”

Richelle Mead book The Fiery Heart

Source: The Fiery Heart

“Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.”

Clare B. Dunkle (1964) American writer

Source: Close Kin

“A Government with Heart who will find ways to reduce the cost of electricity, basic goods, and taxes.”

Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician

2015, Speech: Declaration as Vice Presidential Candidate

“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

[Conservatives betrayed: how George W. Bush and other big government republicans hijacked the Conservative cause, Viguerie, Richard A., Bonus Books, 978-1-56625-285-0, 43]
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