# Quotes about taxes - Quotes: 18 - Authors: 13 - Broader topic: [Quotes about money](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/money.md) - Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes - JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.json ## Quotes > The cardinal used to say, the English will forgive a king anything, until he tries to tax them. [Hilary Mantel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hilary-mantel.md) · [Wolf Hall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hilary-mantel/wolf-hall.md) · p. 332 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hilary-mantel/wolf-hall/the-cardinal-used.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > In Ushikawa’s experience, nobody hated paying taxes more than the rich. [Haruki Murakami](https://www.leafyquotes.com/haruki-murakami.md) · [1Q84](https://www.leafyquotes.com/haruki-murakami/1q84.md) · p. 787 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/haruki-murakami/1q84/in-ushikawas-experience.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [wealth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wealth.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > Were the ironies of taxation any better: raising money for schools and hospitals and roads and bridges, and spending it on blowing up schools and hospitals and roads and bridges in self-defeating wars? [Edward St Aubyn](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn.md) · [At Last](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn/at-last.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn/at-last/were-the-ironies.md) Topics: [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md), [irony](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/irony.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > "It was as true," said Mr. Barkis, "as turnips is. It was as true," said Mr. Barkis, nodding his nightcap, which was his only means of emphasis, "as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them." [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md) · [David Copperfield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/david-copperfield.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/david-copperfield/it-was-as-true.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. [Charles Dudley Warner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dudley-warner.md) · [My Summer in a Garden](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dudley-warner/my-summer-in-a-garden.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dudley-warner/my-summer-in-a-garden/the-thing-generally.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > Genua had once controlled the river mouth and taxed its traffic in a way that couldn't be called piracy because it was done by the city government. (p. 176) [Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md) · [Witches Abroad](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad/genua-had-once.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn't happen to you every year. (p. 182) [Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md) · [Reaper Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/reaper-man.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/reaper-man/he-said-that.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > “But Parz was better than nothing: it offered stability, regulation, a framework to live in. People gripe about their tithes—and nobody’s going to pretend that the Committee gets it right all the time—but most of us would prefer taxes to living wild. With all respect to you, my friend.” He bit into his cake. “And that’s still true today; as true as it ever was.” [Stephen Baxter](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter.md) · [Flux](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/flux.md) · p. 497 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/flux/but-parz-was.md) Topics: [the state](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-state.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > If there is to be support for trade globalization in the developed world, we must make sure that the benefits and costs are more evenly shared, which will entail more progressive income taxation. [Joseph E. Stiglitz](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-e-stiglitz.md) · [Making Globalization Work](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-e-stiglitz/making-globalization-work.md) · p. 100 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-e-stiglitz/making-globalization-work/if-there-is.md) Topics: [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md), [globalization](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/globalization.md) > Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else. [Jesse Ventura](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura.md) · [I Ain't Got Time to Bleed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/remember-that-government.md) Topics: [the state](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-state.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me. [Jesse Ventura](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura.md) · [I Ain't Got Time to Bleed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/students-often-approached.md) Topics: [education](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/education.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > The current tax code is harder to understand than Bob Dylan reading Finnegans Wake in a wind tunnel." [Dennis Miller](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dennis-miller.md) · [Ranting Again](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dennis-miller/ranting-again.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dennis-miller/ranting-again/the-current-tax.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them! [Margaret Mitchell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-mitchell.md) · [Gone with the Wind](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-mitchell/gone-with-the-wind.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-mitchell/gone-with-the-wind/death-and-taxes.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Time Enough For Love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love.md) · p. 250 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love/taxes-are-not.md) Topics: [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors — and miss. [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Time Enough For Love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love/be-wary-of-strong.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [alcohol](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/alcohol.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > We may eliminate death someday but I doubt if we’ll ever eliminate taxes. [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [I Will Fear No Evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/i-will-fear-no-evil.md) · p. 406 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/i-will-fear-no-evil/we-may-eliminate.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > First, what is it you want us to pay taxes for? Tell me what I get and perhaps I'll buy it. [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress/first-what-is-it-you.md) Topics: [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md) > A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexis-de-tocqueville.md) · [Democracy in America](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexis-de-tocqueville/democracy-in-america.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexis-de-tocqueville/democracy-in-america/a-democratic-government.md) Topics: [democracy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/democracy.md), [taxes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taxes.md)