Taxes are the sinews of the state.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a read more

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle

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.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

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.

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount read more

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

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 art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with read more

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing