Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-05-08 May 8, 2003Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law.~ Napoleon BonaparteAs a taxpayer, you are required to be fully in compliance with the United States Tax Code, which is currently the size and weight of the Budweiser Clydesdales.~ Dave BarryA hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man's business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every man's counting house.... The law will of necessity have inquisical features, it will provide penalties, it will create complicated machinery. Under it, men will be hauled into courts distant from their homes. Heavy fines imposed by distant and unfamiliar tribunals will constantly menace the taxpayer. An army of federal inspectors, spies, and detectives will descend upon the state.~ Richard Evelyn Byrd, Sr. May 7, 2003No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.~ Calvin CoolidgeTo tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection, it is plunder.~ Benjamin DisraeliHere I close my opinion. I could not say less in view of questions of such gravity that go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an Act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end? The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich; a war growing in intensity and bitterness.~ Justice Stephen J. Field May 6, 2003The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.~ U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8Congress will ever exercise their powers to levy as much money as the people can pay. They will not be restrained from direct taxes by the consideration that necessity does not require them.~ Melancton SmithTaxation with representation ain't so hot either.~ Gerald BarzanThe only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.~ Mark Twain May 5, 2003I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.~ Arthur GodfreyA real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.~ Bill Vaughan May 2, 2003Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.~ P. J. O'RourkeEvery election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.~ H. L. MenckenNothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.~ Mark B. Cohen Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print