Taxes Quotes

No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.

If a government is to be prudent its taxes must produce ample revenues without discouraging enterprise; and if it is to be just it must distribute the burden of taxes equitably.

Look at the prohibitive taxes for those who are really successful. The tax raids, the complicated laws and bylaws, the hassles - they all make popularity a punishable offence.

I prefer liquor store robbers with hungry kids to companies that locate offshore to avoid U.S. taxes.

For the protection of state and welfare of the people, a ruler should collect all types of wealth. By suing devices of sama, dama, danda, bheda, he should increase income of the state, strong administration helps in collecting different type of taxes from the exchequer.

I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms, (by no means excluding females.)