Taxes are the sinews of the state.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

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.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

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.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

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.

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 power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.