Who said “The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with…”?

“The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.”

“Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf.”

“To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.”

“Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them!”

“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

“You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.”

“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”

“The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.”

“As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.”

“It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.”

“Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.”