Coming of age Quote by Terris McMahan Grimes

Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia.

— Joe Manchin

There's nothing wrong with paying taxes; they should be paid in proportion to how rich you are. This idea that you're going to get…

— John Ralston Saul

By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay…

— Ilana Mercer

Congress realized that it was inherently unfair to penalize Americans by requiring them to pay taxes on taxes they had already paid.

— Tom Suozzi

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made…

— Jill Lepore

I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have…

— Howard Dean

My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you given in…

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes…

— Lysander Spooner

It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. The funds that a government…

— Ludwig von Mises

Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that's a…

— John McCain

We owe something to the government to grow up in this great country. I'm tired of hearing people in the private sector talk like…

— Howard Dean