“I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word ‘fair’ in connection with income tax policies.” —William F. Buckley Jr.

“To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.” —Benjamin Disraeli

“A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny.” —Calvin Coolidge

“The current tax code is a daily mugging.” —Ronald Reagan

“I’m proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.” —Arthur Godfrey

“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.” —Will Rogers