The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

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.

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.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

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.

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.