| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 27742 |
| QUOTATION: | Only the little people pay taxes. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Leona Helmsley (b. 1921), U.S. hotelier and real estate magnate. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 11 (July 24, 1989).
Helmsley, along with her husband and business partner Harry Helmsley, was convicted of tax evasion. |
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