“Democratic socialism means that in a democratic, civilized society the wealthiest people and the largest corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.”
"Bernie Sanders Speech On Democratic Socialism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_8R6PgGcTw, (19 November 2015).
2010s, 2015
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Bernie Sanders 123
American politician, senator for Vermont 1941Related quotes

Twitter post https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1090701532797038592 (31 January 2019)
2010s, 2019, January 2019

Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Speech in Warren, Michigan (August 11, 2016)

“Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.”
Reportedly first said by Holmes in a speech in 1904, alternately phrased as "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, including the chance to insure", Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 275 U.S. 87, 100, dissenting; opinion (21 November 1927). The first variation is quoted by the IRS above the entrance to their headquarters at 1111 Constitution Avenue.
1900s

The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman

Statement made to representatives of the Pagan Newswire Collective (PNC)
2011-10-16
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/paganswithdisabilities/2011/10/full-transcript-of-qa-with-presidential-candidate-gary-johnson/
2012-02-24
Economic Policy
Capitalism and social democracy (1985), Ch 1. Social Democracy as a Historical Phenomenon
Source: Living In The Number One Country (2000), Chapter Five, Corporatizing Communication And Culture, p. 138