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I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.
Sep 30, 2025
There's no such thing as a good tax.
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money
An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt.
You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.
It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for.
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
It's income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love
I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.
Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride. And four times as much by our Folly.
A tax is a fine for doing well, a fine is a tax for doing wrong.
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.
Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.
The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians.
Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr.
The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay
The United States has a system of taxation by confession
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?
There is no such thing as a good tax.
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.
Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.
The best things in life are free - and $19.95.
The best things in life are free
Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you have some money left in your bank account after paying taxes. That's a red flag
Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
Indoors or out, no one relaxes In March, that month of wind and taxes, The wind will presently disappear, The taxes last us all the year.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.
A fool and his money are soon partying.
A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
A fool and his money are soon married.
A fool and his money are soon elected.
Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.