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Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a salutary restraint from which an honest government ought not wish, nor a corrupt one to be permitted, to be free.
 By: | Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson) |
| (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President |
Categories: | Taxation, Restriction, Honesty, Government, Corruption |
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