Tax Quotes

“Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits […]

“What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue.” Thomas Paine Retrieved April 7, 2025 from Inc.com

“I guess I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged.” Roger Jones Retrieved April 7, 2025 from

“War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it

“One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they

“Elections should be held on April 16th — the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of

“Income taxes are responsible for the transformation of the federal government from one of limited powers into a vast leviathan

“When there’s a single thief, it’s robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation.” Vanya Cohen Retrieved April 7,

“The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it.

“All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell