(2373 quotes found)
“There is no such thing as a good tax.”
Winston Churchill
“In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
Benjamin Franklin
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.”
Will Rogers
“History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government. . . . When it reaches 25%, there comes an increase in lawlessness.”
Ronald Reagan
“I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.”
Douglas Adams
“The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.”
Lao Tzu
“When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.”
Mae West
“People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to his wealth.”
“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.”
Milton Friedman
“There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income.”
