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.

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.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

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.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

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.