Quotes About Justice

I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance.

The Tax Division is committed to prosecuting accountants who assist their clients in fraudulent tax schemes.

I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax.

The danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.

As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax.

In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.

I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't eat more, I can't do more, and I want it distributed among the ordinary people who work every day.

What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we're rooted somewhere, they've got our address, right?

And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

We should try to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to find a great life. It's a quest that will require political will and ingenious policies. President Obama's proposed expansion of the earned-income tax credit goes in this direction, but we need more.

The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.

Sadly, this is the same old Republican story of Robin Hood in reverse - tax cuts for the rich while programs for average and low income Americans suffer.

Social injustice is what puts Scotland at its greatest disadvantage, and restoring the 50p tax rate will start to fight that.

We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.

If corporations and rich people who made fortunes out of us during the boom are not paying their fair share then reform the tax system and close down the tax havens.

Implementing the so-called 'Buffett Rule' would restore some badly needed fairness to our tax system.

If our tax system, as a whole, is progressive, then those with the broadest shoulders will make the greatest contribution, as it should be.

Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality.

What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property.