"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." | by: | 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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