The most productive system of finance will always be the…

There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political economy, so…

— Alexander Hamilton

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of budgeting the balance.

— Anonymous

The cost of taxpayer compliance with [the tax code] is over $80 billion per year, more than eight times the cost of the IRS budget

— Charles O. Rossotti

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the taxpayer to…

— Andrew Mellon

Where self-interest is violently suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Nothing is more burdensome than an unfinished task.

— Jim Rohn

“For one struck down by Cupid’s bow Life becomes burdensome, isn’t that so?”

— Arundhati Roy

That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.

— Ambrose Burnside

“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“The spoils of vice are a burdensome responsibility. - Will Yet one you seem strangely able to bear. - Jem”

— Cassandra Clare

“When we are true to ourselves, all that is toxic and burdensome simply falls away”

— Dina Hansen

“Why must one climb the hill ? Why must one climb? Why not stay below? Why force one’s way up the slope? Why force…

— D.H. Lawrence

Burdensome fees have made it harder for people to exit the criminal justice system.

— London Breed

“Adoption is a beautiful, burdensome blessing.”

— Jody Cantrell Dyer