Top 6 Taxation Without Representation Quotes

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Business, Taxation Without Representation, Debt

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Taxation without representation is tyranny.

Tyrants, Taxation Without Representation, Tyranny

Attributed in John Adams, Letter toWilliam Tudor, 29 Mar. 1818. This maxim, which is often quoted as the rallying cry for the American Revolution, has been attributed to Otis's argument against the writs of assistance before the Superior Court of Massachusetts in February 1761. However, there is no contemporary record of Otis using these words. John Adams, in describing the event fifty-seven years later, referred in his letter to Tudor to "Mr Otis's maxim, that 'taxation without representation w

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Citizens, Taxation Without Representation, Revolution

Johnson, Lyndon B. (1965). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964”, p.741, Best Books on

The American colonies, all know, were greatly opposed to taxation without representation. They were also, a less celebrated quality, equally opposed to taxation with representation.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Quality, Taxation Without Representation, Taxes

"The Age of Uncertainty". Book by John Kenneth Galbraith, Chapter 6, p. 180, 1977.