The law abiding taxpayer

Every time a Statist expresses how proud he is to be a "law-abiding taxpayer," this quote comes to mind:

"I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceases to be a man." - Frederick Douglass