Who said “Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can…”?

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Edmund Burke. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceSpeech on the Independence of Parliament (1780)

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Burke, E. (n.d.). Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37439-taxing-is-an-easy-business-any-projector-can/

MLA

Burke, Edmund. “Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37439-taxing-is-an-easy-business-any-projector-can/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Burke, Edmund. “Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37439-taxing-is-an-easy-business-any-projector-can/.

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