Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-04-13 Apr 11, 2008Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.~ H. L. MenckenThe purpose of the IRS is to collect the proper amount of tax revenues at the least cost to the public, and in a manner that warrants the highest degree of public confidence in our integrity, efficiency and fairness. To achieve that purpose, we will encourage and achieve the highest possible degree of voluntary compliance in accordance with the tax laws and regulations...~ Internal Revenue Service ManualI have sat on many a promotion panel where the first question of panel members was 'How many seizures have you made?'~ Joseph R. Smith Apr 10, 2008Our tax system is based upon voluntary assessment and payment, not upon distraint.~ United States Supreme CourtOur tax system is based on individual self-assessment and voluntary compliance.~ Mortimer CaplinOnce the law starts asking questions, there's no stopping them.~ William S. Burroughs Apr 9, 2008If the major opportunities for future growth of government lie in the area of conventional taxation, are there any defenses available to the citizenry? ... Perhaps the most fruitful advice comes in two parts. The first piece of advice is to avoid war and the rumor of war: this is history's greatest boon to the tax man. ... The second piece of advice is to seek ways of inhibiting government's ability conveniently to increase its collections. Possibly the very increase in that ability that is in prospect can be turned to account by a constitutional provision which forbade the income tax, and perhaps even the storage of information regarding individual incomes by third parties, including government.~ Benjamin WardIf no information or return is filed, [the] Internal Revenue Service cannot assess you.~ Gary Makovski... the key question is: can we define 'income' in a fair and reasonably straightforward manner? Unfortunately we have not yet succeeded in doing so.~ Shirley Peterson Apr 8, 2008The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is... legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay ... If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.~ Frederic BastiatOur federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive, [it] reeks with injustice and is fundamentally un-American... it has earned a rebellion and it's time we rebelled.~ Ronald ReaganTo lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is nonetheless a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms.~ United States Supreme Court Apr 7, 2008No taxation without representation.~ Jonathan MayhewDemocracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the fiscal policies of the government, they will move to vote for themselves all the money in the treasury, and bankrupt the nation.~ Karl MarxTaxation with representation ain't so hot either.~ Gerald Barzan Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print