Quotes about Taxes

I see by the papers that they are going to do away with all the nuisance taxes. That means that a man can get a marriage license for nothing.

I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned.

“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”

So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

I think it's a worthy undertaking--to provide a decent apartment for a man who earns fifteen dollars a week. But not at the expense of other men. Not if it raises the taxes, raises all the other rents and makes the man who earns forty live in a rat hole.

The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're actually paying for.