"No taxes can be devised which are..." - Quote by George Washington

“I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self accordingly.”

“Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit would diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country; but I despair of seeing it.”

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.”

“Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.”

“In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice.”

“I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.”

“The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”

“A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.”

“I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.”