Famous quotes containing the words taxing and/or authority:
“I had now formed a clear and settled opinion, that the people of America were well warranted to resist a claim that their fellow-subjects in the mother-country should have the entire command of their fortunes, by taxing them without their consent.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)
“Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.”
—Michel Foucault (1926–1984)