And I have to point out that government doesn't tax to get the money it needs, government always needs the money it gets.

One thing we know from centuries of history is that if the government has revenue to spend, it will spend it.

Government picks winners and losers all the time.

Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere — particularly if they form loops.

We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute.

A constant in the history of money is that every remedy is reliably a source of new abuse.

either immediately or ultimately every dollar of government spending must be raised through a dollar of taxation.

The great affair, we always find, is to get money.

In Barack Obama's government-centered society, government spending always increases because, well, why not? There's always someone who's entitled to something more and who's willing to vote for anyone who will give them something more.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

Everytime there’s a good suggestion, someone brings up the budget.

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.

Once government got a taste of money, the appetite grew.

When you have enough money the law is a reed that will always bend your way.