Thomas Jefferson Quote

"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 (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
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Categories:	Taxation, Restriction, Honesty, Government, Corruption
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Naturally everyone knows that our government is open and honest and has only our best interests at heart. And it don't snow in Minneapolis......  -- jim k, Austin, Tx      1
great concept never developed.  -- Mike, Norwalk
-- Rusty, Where the buffalo roam, USA
This is why he didn't favor an income tax.  -- Coop, Mannington,NJ      1

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