Provided by the IRS, no less! "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.'' — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice "To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men." — Edmund Burke, 18th Century Irish political philosopher and British statesman “I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is – I could be just as proud for half the money.” — Arthur Godfrey, entertainer "No government can exist without taxation. This money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.'' — Frederick the Great, 18th Century Prussian king | "Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten.'' — Lord Bramwell, 19th Century English jurist "Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.” — F. J. Raymond, humorist "Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form.'' — Laurence J. Peter, author “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” — Albert Einstein, physicist “Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.” — Plato Select quotes, Attribution to IRS; inclusion on IRS site is not an official IRS endorsement of the sentiments expressed. |