Though they were spoken in 1934, the words of the late distinguished Judge Learned Hand
are often quoted with regard to taxes:

"Anyone may so arrange his affairs that his taxes should be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike, and all do right; for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands; taxes are enforced exactions and not voluntary contributions.
To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant."