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Famous Quotes About Taxes

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Real Estate Agent with Russell Realty

No one will ever come up with a funny income tax joke.  It does, however, lend itself to some wry humor...

"There are two distinct classes of men...those who pay taxes, and those who receive and live upon taxes."          (Thomas Paine)

 

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax!"  

(Albert Einstein)

 

"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."     

(Plato)

 

"The government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul." 

(George Bernard Shaw)

 

"There is no art which one government sooner learns from another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."

(Adam Smith)

 

"Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten." 

(Lord Bramwell)

 

"But in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." 

(Benjamin Franklin)

 

"A taxpayer is someone who works for the federal government, but who doesn't have to take a civil service examination." 

(Ronald Reagan)

 

And My Favorite...

"The trick is to stop thinking of it as YOUR money." 

(IRS Auditor)

Brian Block
RE/MAX Allegiance, Managing Broker/Branch Vice President - McLean, VA
Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate
I see you already included Ronald Reagan, but I also like his quote that: "Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15."
Jul 23, 2007 12:42 AM