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Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a sat

Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin, letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789 November 13th

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The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. – Ronald Reagan

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Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized. – Albert Bushnell Hart, Actual Government, 1903

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We must care for each other more, and tax each other less. – Bill Archer

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