Who said taxes are what we pay for a civilized society?

Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society The IRS website credited the remark to the Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. But my searches have not yet uncovered a solid attribution. Can you tell me where he wrote this or when he said it? I also found some other phrases attributed to Holmes expressing the same idea:

Are taxes what we pay for a civilized society?

The response to such tax facts is usually this cliché: Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society, this from the American Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., in a 1927 case. Right, but as a percentage of the economy, government spending was much lower in 1927 compared to 2013.

Are taxes the price of civilization?

“Taxation is the price of civilization.” “Only the savage pays no taxes.” In 1918 an article in the periodical Forum by Perley Morse said this [FRPM]: Taxes are the price of development and civilization, and it is worth it.