Taxation Quotes

The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters to win the next election

The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters to win the next election

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them

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

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

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

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

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

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

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

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what more

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance