“They say that nothing is certain but death and taxes, and I already screwed one of those up, so I better pay my taxes....”

“...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.”

“No defeat, no surrenderAin't no pockets in a shroudThere is nothing so sure in life as death and taxes”

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

“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. During an emergency, like an earthquake or a hurricane, taxes pay for rescue workers, shelters, and services. For people whose lives are devastated by other kinds of disaster, like the disaster of poverty, taxes pay, even, for food.”