(2295 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
“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 only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.”
Will Rogers
“Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax starve also”
Lao Tzu
“Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them”
Margaret Mitchell
“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.”
“There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income.”
“When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.”
Mae West