Charles Boustany Quotes

When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

We're not the bosses of taxpayers; they're ours.

A Democratic congressman said that he worries that the IRS scandal might have a chilling effect on the IRA and that they might be afraid to audit people. So finally some good is coming out of all of this.

Obama's IRS is not the IRS I've ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

'Tax Collector' was optioned for a series with F/X, but it never happened. I guess they ran into a problem trying to figure out why someone would tune in to watch a show about a guy who works for the IRS.

The Internal Revenue Service is more ruthless than the Gestapo. Abolish the IRS! Stamp out organized crime!

We as taxpayers don't have a line item veto.

Does the Internal Revenue Service work for you or do you work for them?

We must be intransigent when it comes to respecting our Constitution and our laws.

My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the people's representatives.

We have to be a nation of laws.

Each year, we learn that customer service diminishes. You may argue it's because the IRS budget has been cut, but I'm going to argue that it's because the IRS chooses to spend its funds in other areas like the Affordable Care Act, bonuses, and conferences.

On the IRS website, they claim to be one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. The IRS officials might know how to collect taxes, but surely know how to misspend the funds.

We need a president who is willing to uphold the law.

Why do we have U.S. attorneys? Because we need a mechanism to make sure people obey the laws that we pass, for societal reasons.

It is my privilege to have introduced House Resolution 1612 honoring the Constitution of the United States, and the freedoms and rights it has given to every American.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised. Obama and the Democrats have a fight with the American people, not with me.

No taxation without respiration.

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.

Whenever taxes become burdensome, a remedy can be applied by the people; but if they do not act for themselves, no one can be very successful in acting for them.

There is no good behavior clause in the Constitution.

The person to protect is the American taxpayer. We deserve to be protected, not Lockheed.

They keep such a dingdong about “supporting the Constitution.” One might imagine it was some miserable, decrepit old creature that was no longer able to totter on crutches but must be held on every side, and dragged along like a drunken loafer, on his road to the lock-up.