“I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, "Read my lips: no new taxes."”
RNC acceptance speech (1988)
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American politician, 41st President of the United States 1924–2018Related quotes
Lloyd Bentsen (1921–2006) American politician
quoted in [24 March 1990, Paul, Taylor, Democratic Leaders Talk Tough on Taxes;President's Promise Not to Impose New Levies Is 'Pure Bushlips,' Sen. Bentsen Declares, The Washington Post, 0190-8286, A6, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72577580.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+24%2C+1990&author=Paul+Taylor&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=a.06&desc=Democratic+Leaders+Talk+Tough+on+Taxes%3BPresident%27s+Promise+Not+to+Impose+New+Levies+Is+%60Pure+Bushlips%2C%27+Sen.+Bentsen+Declares]
alluding to George H. W. Bush's pledge “Read my lips: no new taxes” while accepting the presidential nomination at the 1988 Republican National Convention
Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator
Put the tax cut in a lock box
2002-02-02
Townhall
http://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2002/02/21/put_the_tax_cut_in_a_lock_box/page/full
2002
“If a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.”
David Ricardo (1772–1823) British political economist, broker and politician
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter XVII, Taxes on Other Commodities, p. 168
“I will not raise your taxes, nor support a tax increase.”
John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
As quoted in hall meeting http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25950313/Town (30 July 2008) <br class="br">2000s, 2008
“Hillary wants to raise taxes. It's a comparison. I want to lower them.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, August, Speech at rally in Wilmington, North Carolina (August 9, 2016)
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
2021, September 2021
Wesley Clark (1944) American general and former Democratic Party presidential candidate
Families First tax plan speech (5 January 2004), reported in Clark unveils tax plan" — CNN (5 January 2004) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/05/elec04.prez.clark.taxes/
