“Charity is a cold, grey, loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.”— Clement Attlee
“Tax reform is like a wet dog. You can't let go of it, but you can't hold on to it for long.”— James Jarrell 'J. J.' Pickle
“I think there are very few honest, patriotic people who think that our tax system is fair.”— Pete Stark
“The class="highlight">middle class is the backbone of our country. And when we have a tax system that is skewed against the class="highlight">middle class, that's wrong.”— Lloyd Bentsen
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of the IRS is the beginning of taxation.”— Charles McCabe
“There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody has to pay for it, and it's usually the taxpayer.”— James Jarrell 'J. J.' Pickle
“It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.”— James Truslow Adams