I’m proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.
- Arthur Godfrey, 1903 - 1983

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
- Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.
- Herman Wouk

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out.
- Will Rogers, 1879 - 1935