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Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed. – Daniel Defoe, The Political History of the Devil, 1726

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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

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The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses. – Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine

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