"I like the power given the Legislature..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly.
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“In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.”
“When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order.”
“Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election.”
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“Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time.”
“The Government is a servant and never should be anything but a servant. The moment the people become adjuncts to government, then the law of retribution begins to work, for such a relation is unnatural, immoral, and inhuman.”
“The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than a little.”