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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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private...

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private...

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,...

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...

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,...

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...

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...

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies...

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies...

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies...

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies...

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...

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.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Some day I will be better remembered.

Some day I will be better remembered.

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...

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.