Quote from Grover Cleveland 

"When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of a free government."

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Grover Cleveland
(1837-1908) 22nd & 24th US President, mayor and governor in New York state
Source:
Second Annual Message, December 1886
 
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