Full quotation: “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” ~Benjamin Franklin, letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789 November 13th. (http://www.quotegarden.com/taxes.html)
“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes) (source: http://www.irs.gov)
Charles Adams (the author of “For good and evil, the impact of taxes on the course of civilization, 2001) adds: “But how we tax and spend determines, to a great extent, whether we are prosperous or poor, free or enslaved, and, most important, good or evil.” (Source: For good and evil. The impact of taxes on the course of civilization)
“No government can exist without taxation. This money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.” (Frederick the Great, 18th Century Prussian king) (source: http://www.irs.gov)
“The taxpayer: that’s someone who works for the federal government, but doesn’t have to take a civil service examination.” (Ronald Reagan) (source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/09/20/20-inspirational-quotes-about-taxes/)
“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” (Albert Einstein) (source: http://www.irs.gov)
“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” (Barry Goldwater. Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/09/20/20-inspirational-quotes-about-taxes/)
“It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the tax rates.” (John F Kennedy) (source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/09/20/20-inspirational-quotes-about-taxes/)
“You don’t pay taxes–they take taxes.” (Chris Rock) (source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/09/20/20-inspirational-quotes-about-taxes/)
“Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.” (Herman Wouk) (source: http://www.quotegarden.com/taxes.html)
“In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxationwithout representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.” (Lyndon B Johnson) (source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/09/20/20-inspirational-quotes-about-taxes/)
“Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf.” (Will Rogers, humorist) (source: http://www.irs.gov)
“Did you ever notice that when you put the words “The” and “IRS” together, it spells “THEIRS?” (Author Unknown) (source: http://www.quotegarden.com/taxes.html)
“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of squawking.” (Jean Baptiste Colbert. Source: http://www.notable-quotes.com/t/taxes_quotes.html)
“Another difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time the legislature meets.” (Robert Quillen, “Paragraphs,” Lincoln Star(Nebraska), 1931 April 6th) (source: http://www.quotegarden.com/taxes.html)
“People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.” (Unknown. Source: http://www.irs.gov)
“Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income.” (Alfred E. Neuman. Source: http://www.quotegarden.com/taxes.html)
“Taxes are the lifeblood of government and no taxpayer should be permitted to escape the payment of his just share of the burden of contributing thereto.” (Arthur T Vanderbilt. Source: http://www.notable-quotes.com/t/taxes_quotes.html)
“A person doesn’t know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.” (Author Unknown. Source: http://www.quotegarden.com/taxes.html)
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” (John Maynard Keynes. Source: http://www.notable-quotes.com/t/taxes_quotes.html)
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