Tax Quotes - page 2

Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil. (Michael Bloomberg)
Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. View quote
Hillary Clinton
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. View quote
Mark Twain
More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments. View quote
Robert Orben
I 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. View quote
Winston Churchill
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! View quote
Honoré de Balzac
The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax us citizens for our carbon footprints. View quote
John Coleman
It will be sufficient to point to the enormous burdens which armaments place on the economic, social, and intellectual resources of a nation, as well as on its budget and taxes. View quote
Ludwig Quidde
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else. View quote
Tom Clancy
The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted. View quote
George Sutherland
The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe. (François Hollande)
The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought. View quote
James Mirrlees
You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. View quote
Tom DeLay
EXCISE, n.' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom the excise is paid. View quote
Samuel Johnson
JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
I argued more recently for a hypothecated wealth tax on very high earners to support the campaign against child poverty. Why shouldn't the super-rich be obliged to help the super-poor? View quote
Anthony Giddens
I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote. View quote
Ann Coulter
Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me. View quote
Jesse Ventura
The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. View quote
Paula Poundstone
We shall tax and tax, and spend and spend, and elect and elect. View quote
Harry Hopkins
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. (Will Rogers)
We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes. View quote
Leona Helmsley
I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. View quote
Milton Friedman
All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in my life. View quote
Ethan Hawke
I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money. View quote
Arthur Godfrey