05/25/1896
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"No condition ought to exist which would justify the grant of power to a single official, upon his judgment of its necessity, to withhold from or release to the business of the people money held in the..."
"The amount of money annually exacted from the industries and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expenses of the Government."
"The simple and plain duty which we owe the people is to reduce taxation to the necessary expenses of an economical operation of the Government."
"This wrong inflicted upon those who bear the burden of national taxation multiplies a brood of evil consequences."