Friday's Tax Quote - August 26, 2011

“I thought at first that the power of taxation [given in the new Federal constitution] might have been limited.  A little reflection soon convinced me it ought not to be.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Friday's Tax Quote - August 19, 2011

“The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses.”

- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

Friday's Tax Quote - August 12, 2011

“I think our tax system is not worthy of an advanced society.”

- Paul H. O’Neill

Friday's Tax Quote - August 5, 2011

“I like to pay taxes.  With them I buy civilization.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.