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title: "17 Paid Taxes Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Paid Taxes quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Paid Taxes sayings and thoughts."
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> [Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/houseless-having-paid-all-taxes-on-household-goods/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [I have paid taxes every year, a lot of taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-have-paid-taxes-every-year-a-lot-of-taxes/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [You know what? I've never paid taxes in my life. I'm probably going to go to jail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-diaz/you-know-what-i-ve-never-paid-taxes-in-my-life-i-m-probably-going-to/)

[Nick Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-diaz/)

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> [Every dollar I can't commit to my company that's paid in taxes is paying a government that I believe is too big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curt-schilling/every-dollar-i-can-t-commit-to-my-company-that-s-paid-in-taxes-is/)

[Curt Schilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curt-schilling/)

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> [The IRS'll never sweat me or even put up a fight... Cause I'm sure I've paid more in taxes than you've made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludacris/the-irs-ll-never-sweat-me-or-even-put-up-a-fight-cause-i-m-sure-i-ve/)

[Ludacris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludacris/)

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> [Taking me out for my birthday seems extravagant in this economy so I'd prefer if you just paid my taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/taking-me-out-for-my-birthday-seems-extravagant-in-this-economy-so-i/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/and-the-cornerstone-of-my-economic-policies-when-i-first-got-elected/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes; they're worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-wurzelbacher/the-media-s-worried-about-whether-i-ve-paid-my-taxes-they-re-worried/)

[Joe Wurzelbacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-wurzelbacher/)

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> [The fact is, there are a couple of years he may not have paid any taxes. Maybe he's concerned about that. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-scarborough/the-fact-is-there-are-a-couple-of-years-he-may-not-have-paid-any/)

[Joe Scarborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-scarborough/)

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> [When you know the truth is on your side, when you have dutifully paid all your taxes, but you are still targeted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namrata-shirodkar/when-you-know-the-truth-is-on-your-side-when-you-have-dutifully-paid/)

[Namrata Shirodkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namrata-shirodkar/)

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> [I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-dyson/i-think-i-have-the-right-to-know-what-steve-forbes-paid-in-taxes-i/)

[Esther Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-dyson/)

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> [When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauryn-hill/when-i-was-working-and-when-i-was-making-substantial-amounts-of-money/)

[Lauryn Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauryn-hill/)

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> [I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-lofgren/i-think-there-needs-to-be-a-way-to-allow-people-to-become-educated-if/)

[Zoe Lofgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-lofgren/)

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> [I can pinpoint when I started playing professionally very easily, because in 1985, when I was 12, I got a job playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-freese/i-can-pinpoint-when-i-started-playing-professionally-very-easily/)

[Josh Freese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-freese/)

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> [I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-key/i-always-had-a-long-term-view-of-going-into-politics-so-i-suppose-i/)

[John Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-key/)

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> [By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/by-the-standards-of-honest-if-unorthodox-accounting-government/)

[Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-mercer/)

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> [We owe something to the government to grow up in this great country. I'm tired of hearing people in the private sector…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-dean/we-owe-something-to-the-government-to-grow-up-in-this-great-country-i/)

[Howard Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-dean/)

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