Quotes

Reagan on Taxes

“The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.”

March 11, 1981

“The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government. If you will forgive me, you know someone has likened government to a baby. It is an alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”

— Excerpted from Remarks before a Joint Session of the Canadian Parliament, Ottawa