On the record
The national defense must be provided for as well as the support of Government; but both should be accomplished as much as possible by immediate taxes, and as little as possible by loans.
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John Adams
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gutenberg.orgJohn Adams: “The national defense must be provided for as well as the support of Government; but both should be accomplished as much…”
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Adams advocates for funding national defense through immediate taxes rather than loans.
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