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"Because taxpaying is seen as an emblem of civic worthiness, denying the poor the status of taxpayers has the effect of denying their political standing. Classing a large percentage of the populace as ..."

"All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States averaged 81 percent."

"A penny saved is worth two pennies earned . . . after taxes. "

"Princes are fighters or administrators. Neither of those things do much to spread joy in the world. Whores, concubines, and catamites, on the other hand, are all about giving satisfaction. Now granted..."

"When your child is a little older, you can teach him about our tax system in a way that is easy to grasp. Offer him, say, $10 to mow the lawn. When he has mowed it and asks to be paid, withhold $5 and..."

"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."

"That which we want less of in society should rarely be privatized and that which we want more of often should be."

"Tax is not a four-letter word; rather, it's the price we pay for the country we want."

"The expenses of government, having for their object the interests of all, should be borne by every one, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honoured ..."

"Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, pr..."