“Some are taxed on their success, true. Some are taxed on their survival, also true.” — Benjamin Kane Ethridge Copy Share Image
No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent. — James Otis Copy Share Image
A man's whole life is taxed for the least thing well done. It is its net result. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Our fathers waged a bloody conflict with England, because they were taxed without being represented. This is just what unmarried women of… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to… — Mary Bono Copy Share Image
I thank God I am not a woman, to be touched in so many giddy offences as He hath generally taxed their… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride.… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We're the highest taxed in the world, we're the highest taxed country right now, and it's not even close. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
You'll note that politicians no longer spend money, they invest it. Don't worry about paying more to the [IRS]. You aren't being… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I do not see why the schoolmaster should be taxed to support the priest, and not the priest the schoolmaster. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
The gap between rich and poor under President Obama is getting bigger because fewer well-paying jobs are available. Corporations are being taxed… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that's taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The appreciation of capital assets is already taxed at an extremely favorable rate compared to labor. That's why the rich pay such… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
“Reformers must be able to pre-empt the expected jibes over lack of ‘reciprocity’, affordability, inducement to laziness, ‘something for nothing’ and cash… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
It's time for the wealthy to pay their fair share before the middle class becomes the forgotten class.- And it's time for… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Before Congress instituted the federal income tax in 1913, following the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, America’s tax burden… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell… — Charles Adams Copy Share Image
It makes no difference to a widow with her savings in a 5 percent passbook account whether she pays 100 percent income… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We're bringing the corporate rate down to 20 percent from 35 percent. That's a massive - this will be the biggest tax… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“We have taxes upon every article that enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot; taxes… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
It was an easy thing to tax for a young country. And then gradually we moved to property taxes, manufacturing taxes, and… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
Whether you're earning income because you have money sitting in the bank or a stock account somewhere, you should be taxed on… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
I would not support any scheme which suggested that people should be taxed for living in their own home. — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
So every dollar of income that I have that is potentially taxed away is a dollar I can't put in my company… — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
That's where the economy is going. It went somewhere. Just not to America. And the money made? That went to the Cayman… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already. — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I thank God I am not a woman, to be touched with so many giddy offences as He hath generally taxed their… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“The Americans are right: there should not be taxation unless the people consent to it. And it should be fair, which means… — Michelle Moran Copy Share Image
“Whether he knows it or not, the middle-income American is taxed as though he were living in a socialist society.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product. — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
We're the highest taxed nation in the world. When I finish the plan, we'll be among the lower taxed, which is very… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image