Paying Taxes Quotes

• Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you have some money left in your bank account after paying taxes. That's a red flag

  Jay Leno

  Red Flags, Taxes Funny, Example

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• My second biggest mistake in life, for which I have no one to blame but myself, is having accepted payments in cash from Karlheinz Schreiber for a mandate he gave me after I left office... My biggest mistake in life, by far, was ever agreeing to be introduced to Karlheinz Schreiber in the first place.

  Brian Mulroney

  Mistake, Trying, Cash

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• I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

  Bill Murray

  Jobs, People, Trying

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• We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.

  Milton Friedman

  Lazy, Society, Liberty

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• Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Sweat, Taxes Funny

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.798, Best Books on

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

  Plato

  Inspirational, Plato, Men

  Plato (1977). “The Portable Plato”, p.185, Penguin

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• The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

  Warren Buffett

  Hope, Money, Catching On

  "Warren Buffett: Read My Lips, Raise My Taxes". "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. November 21, 2010.

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• There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Men, Thinking, Political

  "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress". Novel by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966.

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• I'm 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

  Funny, Money, Humor

  Quoted in Reader's Digest, Oct. 1951

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• Taxes are what we pay for civilized society

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Political, Society, Cooperation

  Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue (dissenting opinion) (1927)

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• I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Civilization, Taxation, Taxes Funny

  "If we want a civilised society, charities can't fill the void left by government" by Debbie Chachra, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2013.

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• Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Civilized Society, Pay, Taxes

  "Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 275 U.S. 87, 100". Dissenting opinion, November 21, 1927.

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• The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.

  Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

  Hurt, Income, Pay

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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

  Humorous, Average, America

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• A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Everybody's Political What's What? ch. 30 (1944)

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• I wouldn't mind paying taxes... if I knew they were going to a friendly country

  Dick Gregory

  Country, Mind, Friendly

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• Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't.

  Ricky Gervais

  Marriage, Sex, Gay

  FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Apr 29, 2015

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• With these 11 million people here illegally, let's have them registered, know who they are, those that are her paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process towards application for citizenship.

  Mitt Romney

  Government, People, Benefits

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• It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.

  Lindsey Graham

  Taxes

  "Lindsey Graham: 'It’s Really American' To Avoid Taxes Like Mitt Romney Does" by Michael McAuliff, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2012.

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• Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.

  Malcolm Fraser

  Jobs, Common Decency, Australia

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• The left's obsession with corporations as a spawn of evil is pathological paranoia. A corporation is just one form of organizing a private business enterprise for purposes of limiting personal liability, issuing stock, filing financial reports and paying taxes. Other forms include partnerships and sole proprietorships. Are they less evil? You buy your groceries from corporations, your cars, newspapers, cellphones, clothing and exercise equipment. Your parents and children work for corporations. Are they evil?

  Mike Rosen

  Children, Exercise, Evil

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• If you're a member of a despised group, look out! They'll find a drug and associate you with its use. There are a lot of people in the gay community using methamphetamine and paying taxes and going to work and doing well.

  Carl Hart

  Gay, People, Community

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The oil industry is hardly free to operate as efficiently as it could or to be as responsive to consumer demands as it would like. It has become, in essence, a quasi-state-run enterprise, because it cannot drill, transport, refine, and store fuel without receiving government permission, complying with government regulations, and paying taxes at every level or production.

  Mark Levin

  Running, Government, Essence

  Mark R. Levin (2009). “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• People think of taxes as money just being robbed from you. They don't consider the benefits of paying taxes. The benefits that they get and also the benefit of just being a part of a large group of people: a town, or a city, or a country, or a society that allegedly should stand together and all try to help each other.

  Michael Schur

  Country, Thinking, Cities

  "Michael Schur walks us through Parks And Recreation's third season (Part 1 of 4)". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. July 25, 2011.

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• I don't like paying taxes, same as everybody else.

  Charles Payne

  Taxes

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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