The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

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.

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.

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a read more

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when its through, if you are a crook or a martyr.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

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.

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.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.