The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take a civil service examination.

People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.

The tax code is 10 times the size of the Bible and without the good news.

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

The taxpayer is the one who is forced to work for the government without pay.

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor.

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, but that the government spends too much.

Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them.

Capital punishment: The income tax.

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

The government's view of the economy: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.

Taxation with representation ain't so hot either.