Citizens Quote by Anonymous

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

— Anonymous

A tax is a fine for doing well, a fine is a tax for doing wrong.

— Mark Twain

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

— Herbert Spencer

Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and…

— Mike Lee

The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.

— Benjamin Cardozo

“When a man pays a tax, he knows that the public necessity requires it, and therefore feels a pride in discharging his duty; but…

— Thomas Paine

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

This is a form of double taxation and it's simply unfair.

— Doc Hastings

Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders is also…

— Gary Becker

A tax is something people pay out of income.

— Grant Shapps

There cannot be a good tax nor a just one; every tax rests its case on compulsion.

— Frank Chodorov

Remember that all tax revenue is the result of holding a gun to somebody's head. Not paying taxes is against the law. If you…

— P. J. O'Rourke