Grover Cleveland actually said...

The public Treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure, becomes a...

It is plain that the exaction of more than this is indefensible extortion and a culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice.

The amount of money annually exacted from the industries and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expense...

The simple and plain duty which we owe the people is to reduce taxation to the necessary expenses of an economical operation of the Governme...