The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin 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.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes -- if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes -- if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

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.

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.