Thomas Paine Quotes about Taxes

Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
"Selected Writings of Thomas Paine".
It is a general idea, that when taxes are once laid on, they are never taken off.
Thomas Paine (1792). “Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Reuolution. By Thomas Paine ... Part 1. [-second!: Rights of man; part the second. Combining principle and practice. By Thomas Paine ..”, p.60