“Licensing: When (the) government takes away your right to do something and (then) sells it back to you” is a saying that has been printed on many images.
   
“Licensing: when government takes away your right to do something and sells it back to you” (also shown on an image by Milonickels.com) was posted on Twitter by Andrei Pambuccian on December 20, 2014. This image probably originated the saying.
   
“Licensing: When the government takes away your right to do something and then sells it back to you http://imgur.com/xh0toto #freedom #liberty”—slightly different wording, and a different image—was posted on Twitter by AMK Ultra on April 30, 2016.
   
“A license is when the government takes away your right to do something then sells it back to you” was posted on Twitter by CSM on February 23, 2018. “A license is when the government takes away your right to do something and then sells it back to you” was posted on Reddit—Qoutes (sic) on February 20, 2020. “A license is when government takes away your right to do something, then sells it back to you” was posted on Twitter by Coffee Drinker 🚬 on April 12, 2021. “A license is when the government takes away your right to do something and then sells it back to you” was posted on Twitter by Rich Mendoza on January 14, 2022.
     
“A license is what you get when the government steals your rights away from you and then sells them back” is a similar saying. “Passports: When the government takes your right to travel and then sells it back to you” is a related saying.
   
       
Twitter
Andrei Pambuccian
@codingteddybear
“Licensing: when government takes away your right to do something and sells it back to you
-Government Made Easy”
(This is also shown on an image from Milonickels.com.—ed.)
12:09 PM · Dec 20, 2014·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter 
Roman Rivers
@RomanOnARiver
Licensing is when the government takes away your right to do something in order to try and sell it back to you. http://youtu.be/R_epy-K2J80
5:31 PM · Dec 20, 2014·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Ron Getty
@MorteAiTiranni
Licensing:
When government takes away your right to do something then turns around and sells it back to you for a handsome fee!
4:47 PM · Jan 3, 2015·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Richard Hendrix
@Drixer
Licensing: when government takes away your right to do something and sells it back to you
(This is also shown on an image from Milonickels.com.—ed.)
3:13 PM · Jan 27, 2015·Tweetbot for iΟS
     
Twitter
Bobby
@rrockers
Licensing is when the government takes away your right to do something, and then sells it back to you.  #Priceless http://political-humor.org/licensing-when-government-takes-away-your-right-to-do-something-and-sells-it-back-to-you.shtml
4:31 PM · Mar 11, 2015·TweetDeck
   
Twitter
AMK Ultra
@AMKUltra
Licensing: When the government takes away your right to do something and then sells it back to you http://imgur.com/xh0toto #freedom #liberty
9:55 PM · Apr 30, 2016·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
CSM
@usacsmret
A license is when the government takes away your right to do something then sells it back to you.
6:44 PM · Feb 23, 2018·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Rae
@MacGhil
Licensure & permits:  When government takes away your right to do something and sells it back to you.
It’s a hell of a scam.
Stealing Dreams, Creating Nightmares
http://szandorblestman.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:stealing-dreams-creating-nightmares
“nothing to do with keeping the public safe and everything to do with legalized extortion.”
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Institute for Justice
@IJ
·
Jul 19, 2018
MAJOR VICTORY! Today, after waging a two-year legal battle with the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology, a group of eyebrow threaders who challenged the state licensing requirement have received some of the first permits to thread eyebrows. http://ij.org/press-release/victory-for-eyebrow-threaders-in-louisiana/
3:42 PM · Jul 19, 2018·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Cliff Maloney 🚀
@CliffMaloneyJr
Licensing: when government takes away your right to do something and sells it back to you
3:01 PM · Aug 30, 2019·Hootsuite Inc.
 
Reddit—Qoutes
Posted by u/MentalMallard28 February 20, 2020
“A license is when the government takes away your right to do something and then sells it back to you.”
— https://twitter.com/DamonJay6
 
Twitter
Coffee Drinker 🚬
@Caffinated69
A license is when government takes away your right to do something, then sells it back to you.
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New York Post
@nypost·
Apr 11, 2021
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang calls for crackdown on unlicensed street vendors https://trib.al/klRGjR0
1:30 AM · Apr 12, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
     
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Rich Mendoza
@MoparRich18
Replying to @AdvHntr1 and @deaflibertarian
A license is when the government takes away your right to do something and then sells it back to you.
10:49 PM · Jan 14, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
#WEAREALLHODLONAUT
@GhostOfNunya
RT @SovereignMan@bitcoinhackers.org
Licensing: When the government takes away your right to do something, then sells it back to you.
bitcoinhackers.org
Sovereign Man (@SovereignMan@bitcoinhackers.org)
Licensing: When the government takes away your right to do something, then sells it back to you.
2:57 PM · Feb 9, 2022·Moa Bridge
   
Twitter
Wes
@wkenney
Replying to @AccidentLiberty
LICENSE: When the government takes away your right to do something, and then sells it back to you.
10:04 AM · Mar 25, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Patriot Contractor 17
@GlenBrock17
@GlenBrock17.
Licensing:
When government takes away your rights to do something and sells it back to you, it’s called a license.
4:15 PM · Aug 9, 2022·Twitter for Android