Quotes about Taxes

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
-Albert Einstein

"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."
-Plato

"The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward."
-John Maynard Keynes

"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."
-H. L. Mencken

"Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So, beware of single-tax proposals. The U.S. government blows more money than any single tax can generate. The key is to tax multiple bases, disparate in nature, and with simple flat rates. That is a system both fair and sustatinable."
-Steve Wallace

"The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has."
-Will Rogers

"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
-Herman Wouk

"He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination--and taxes.'"
-H. E. Martz

"The seven deadly sins ... Food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven milestones from man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the milestones are lifted."
-George Bernard Shaw

"But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
-Benjamin Franklin

"We have to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share again. Their incomes went up in the 1980s and their taxes went down. We can't ask the middle class to pay more; their incomes went down and their taxes went up."
-Bill Clinton

"[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better."
-Bill Clinton

"Opportunity for all means making taxes fair. I'm not out to soak the rich. But I do believe the rich should pay their fair share. For twelve years, the Republicans have raised taxes on the middle class. It's time to give the middle class tax relief."
-Bill Clinton

"Ronald Reagan and George Bush pushed through programs that raised taxes on the middle class. I think it's time to cut them. And in my administration I'll offer a middle-income tax cut that will cut rates on the middle class."
-Bill Clinton

"I'm not going to raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for the programs I've recommended."
-Bill Clinton

"If my business could be made legal, I and women like me could make a big contribution to what Mayor Lindsay calls "Fun City," and the city and state could derive the money in taxes and licensing fees that I pay off to crooked cops and political figures."
-Xaviera Hollander

"Let's not forget who these immigrants are. They work hard, they pay taxes, and many have U.S. born children. It gives them the peace of mind that they can continue to work legally."
-Jose Lagos

"Obviously when they talk about if we're not going to raise taxes to generate the income, some of the services would need to be cut. I obviously wouldn't be in favor of raising taxes at this time, but we shouldn't say that we never would do that."
-Raymond Bunn

"The bond will raise property taxes about 10 percent, but it?s well worth it."
-Jeff Taylor

"France's image is much worse than the reality. We have cut taxes and made reforms."
-Clara Gaymard

"Many of us are on a fixed retirement income, but the city keeps throwing these taxes at the homeowners. I think they have too many things on their plate right now, so I definitely will not support this unless they change the tax structure."
-Don Puder

"It is troubling that before we have had any real discussion of possible spending cuts the governor appears to have made a decision to increase taxes. It is equally troubling that this tax hike proposal is being floated while the administration is still considering big ticket spending programs like stem-cell research."
-Alex Decroce

"We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes, ... Late Edition."
-Joe Scarborough

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

"The average mutual fund has lost about 2.5 percent a year to taxes on dividends and capital gains. Most funds are managed without regard to taxes, but taxes are something that can be controlled."
-Joel Dickson

"We respect the right of Native American tribes to operate commercial enterprises, and the right of licensed distributors to supply them with legal products. But in conducting commerce with non-Native American consumers, everyone in the supply chain should play by the same rules, including collecting state and local taxes."
-James Calvin

"The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed."
-Alan Keyes

"We sometimes have clients who are obsessed with taxes and we try to point out to them the bigger picture, ... Most people want to have their net worth grow. If they have to pay more taxes, so be it."
-Jim Bell