Bill Veeck Quotes

I want to pay taxes. I love this country.

While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic.

Perhaps the day will come when the man who is paying a high income tax will say to himself "This is proof of my patriotism. The measures which are supported by this money are what make my country a better place to live in. They insure to me and to my children a greater security under the form of government which I have chosen.

The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.

Where is the man who owes nothing to the land in which he lives?

After military service, the most patriotic thing you can do as a wealthy person is pay your taxes.

You know this is a great, great country that we live in to be able to play this great game.

"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

We owe something to the government to grow up in this great country. I'm tired of hearing people in the private sector talk like they don't owe the government anything. We do. This is a great country because we all pay into it. It's about time we all pay into it. ... If we paid the same amount of taxes we paid when Bill Clinton was president, I would be a happy guy, and the budget would be closer to balanced. You cannot give away money, whether you give it to rich or poor people. That's what George Bush did -- excuse me, trillions of dollars. You can't do that.

And I respect the anthem. I would never kneel for it. We all come from different walks of life and think differently about the anthem and the flag and what that means.

Everything I do is for a gold medal for this country.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

'The Star-Spangled Banner' should've never been made into our national anthem. That President Woodrow Wilson, widely thought to be one of the most bigoted presidents ever elected, chose it as our national anthem, is painfully telling as well.

For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.

No sane person enjoys paying tax... money, after all, is a very nice thing to have. But it's the price we all pay for so many vital things in this country - and those of us lucky enough to have a bit more should be proud to be paying a little bit more as well.

I had so much backlash because, before in NXT, I used to come out with the Bulgarian national anthem. And people were like, 'Oh, why are you embarrassing the anthem?' How am I embarrassing the anthem? I'm from the freaking country.

I'll stand for the anthem, I don't have a problem standing for it.

I was growing up in England and England was the only national team I knew, so I was actually very pleased to play at the national level.

I'm massively passionate about playing for my country.

I fought for the U.S. government. I live in New York. I pay taxes in America.

Remembering growing up on U.S. Army bases stateside and abroad, the Star-Spangled Banner was played at important occasions... and often. It was the first song I learned the lyrics to.

I believe it's not 100 percent right to kneel during the national anthem, because you have to respect what many have done for this nation. I think kneeling prior to the anthem, like the Dallas Cowboys have done, is right.

I want to play for my country and win a gold medal.

I play cricket with passion. I just want to win games for the country.

I pay my taxes.