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Taxes14 quotes
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. · 1927You know what’s fucked up about taxes? You don’t even pay taxes. They take tax. You get your check, money gone. That ain’t a payment, that’s a jack. — Chris Rock · 1999Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. — Jesus · 60Read my lips: no new taxes. — George H.W. Bush · 1988There is no art which one government sooner learns of another, than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. — Adam Smith · 1776The power to tax involves the power to destroy. — John Marshall · 1819All 14 quotes →Taxation without representation2 quotes
Taxation without representation is tyranny. — James Otis · 1761Taxation and representation are inseparable... Whatever is a man's own, is absolutely his own; no man hath a right to take it from him withough his consent either expressed by himself or representative; whoever attempts to do it, attempts an injury; whoever does it, commits a robbery; he throws down and destroys the distinction between liberty and slavery. — Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden · 1766American politics1 quote
Read my lips: no new taxes. — George H.W. Bush · 1988Campaign promises1 quote
Read my lips: no new taxes. — George H.W. Bush · 1988Certainty1 quote
'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. — Christopher Bullock · 1716Church and state1 quote
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. — Jesus · 60Death1 quote
'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. — Christopher Bullock · 1716Economic inequality1 quote
Only the little people pay taxes. — Leona Helmsley · 1989Government1 quote
There is no art which one government sooner learns of another, than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. — Adam Smith · 1776Limited government1 quote
No more revenue ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray the expenses of a wise, economical, and efficient administration of the Government. — James Buchanan · 1857Religion and politics1 quote
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. — Jesus · 60Rich vs. poor1 quote
Only the little people pay taxes. — Leona Helmsley · 1989