“The graduated tax is a confiscatory tax. Its effect, and to a large extent its aim, is to bring down all men to a common level. Many of the leading proponents of the graduated tax frankly admit that their purpose is to redistribute the nation's wealth. Their aim is an egalitarian society—an objectiv…”— Barry Goldwater, books.google.com
“We have been led to look upon taxation as merely a problem of public financing: How much money does the government need? We have been led to discount, and often to forget altogether, the bearing of taxation on the problem of individual freedom.”— Barry Goldwater, books.google.com
“I believe in the great American Dream. I say we can be a people led but not driven, governed, but not ruled; organized, but not regimented; taxed, but not bled.”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.com