• “The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.”
– William Simon former US Treasury secretary
• “People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.”
- Unknown
• "Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf."
– Will Rogers, humorist
• "If we don't do something to simplify the tax system, we're going to end up with a national police force of internal revenue agents."
– Leon Panetta, forrmer CIA director and current US Secretary of Defense
• "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
– Albert Einstein
• "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, radio and television broadcaster and entertainer