upon them. He will usually cite the sentence in its original English. Modern use in the United Kingdom British Prime Minister John Major used a modified version of the quote, with the order reversed, in October 1995, when at the United Nations's 50th Anniversary celebrations he said, "It is not sustainable for states to enjoy representation without taxation," in order to criticize the billion-dollar arrears of the United States' payments to the UN, echoing a statement made the previous month at the opening session of the UN General Assembly by UK Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind. See also Social contract Tax resistance in the United States 1628 Petition of Right One person, one vote References Specific General William S . Carpenter, "Taxation Without Representation" in Dictionary of American History, Volume 7 (1976) John C. Miller, Origins of the American Revolution. 1943. Edmund Morgan. Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America (1989) J. R. Pole; Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic (1966) Slaughter, Thomas P. The Tax Man Cometh: Ideological Opposition to Internal Taxes, 1760-1790. Unger, Harlow, John Hancock, Merchant King and American Patriot, 2000, William and Mary Quarterly 1984 41(4): 566-591. ISSN 0043-5597 Fulltext in Jstor Accountability Sovereignty American political catchphrases Constitutional law Home rule and voting rights of the District of Columbia History of taxation in the United States 1760s neologisms