Writer Quotes and aphorisms about taxes Thomas Paine Camilla Lackberg Gary Krist ,, The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago i... H. L. Mencken Thomas Paine Eric Alterman Charley Reese Michelle Alexander ,, During the Jim Crow era, poll taxes and literacy tests kept the African-Americans from polls. But t... Augusten Burroughs Michael Schur ,, People think of taxes as money just being robbed from you. They don't consider the benefits of payi...