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

Quote by Jean Baptiste Colbert

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After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of...

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of...

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...

Theres a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

Theres a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I hold in my hand 1,379 pages of tax simplification.

I hold in my hand 1,379 pages of tax simplification.

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that...

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

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

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

Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past...

Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for...

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for...