When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the f.

Quote by Grover Cleveland

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I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a...

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a...

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should...

The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should...

I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.

I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.

Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.

Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of...

The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of...

Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which...

Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which...

Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder...

Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder...

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed...

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed...

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought...

After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought...

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by...

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by...

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.