You compare the nation to a parched piece of land and the tax to a life-giving rain. So be it. But you should also ask yourself where this rain comes from, and whether it is not precisely the tax that draws the moisture from the soil and dries it up....
When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's taxes. We did it because we had more taxpayers with more taxable income. That's how you get the revenue...
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
I'm not any kind of social reformer.
Discussing economic reforms in Serbia is futile.
If you conform, you can never reform.
There is no such thing as a good tax.
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
Reform is born of need, not pity.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.
Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.
'Reform' is pillage and plunder if you're against it, and it's good government if you're for it.
Legal reform in Russia is a must. And I keep track of it daily.
I'm largely in favor of financial reform.
Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy.
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.
I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.
Far as I know, Legal Aid was invented to help poor people fight wrongs; [the criminals] are abusing the system, and the damned lawyers help them do it. They’re all sticking two fingers up at them who pay their taxes. And I’ll tell you sommat for ...
The hidden cost of frowning is the negative impact on the people around you, which results in diminished productivity in the workforce, and lost tax revenue for the city. Thus, frowns should be fined, and smiles should be taxed (since they increase p...
