“When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.”
Plato
“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”
Winston Churchill
“The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.”
Andrew Jackson
“The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance”
Thomas Jefferson
“The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.”
Herman Wouk
“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.”
Barry Goldwater
“The latest weapon to be used by the government to increase the tax burden by stealth is the increase of public monopoly tariffs following the removal of a government subsidy.”
Prof. Edward Scicluna MEP
