Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.

Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

The tax collector must love poor people--he's creating so many of them.

The tax collector must love poor people--he's creating so many of them.

Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.

Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.

I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for read more

I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Death and taxes are inevitable.