Read Their Lips

In our fractious society, one of the few traditions that unite us is the annual ritual of tax preparation. Something in the American soul fuels a fierce resentment against governmental exactions and the process required to comply with them. Now that most of us have mailed off our 1040s (due tomorrow!), here, in the spirit of exhausted reflection, are some of the most notable quotations about taxation, drawn from the recently published Yale Book of Quotations. - Fred R. Shapiro