01/13/1889
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"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."
"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..."
"It is plain that the exaction of more than this is indefensible extortion and a culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice."
"The public Treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure, becomes a hoarding place for money needlessly withdrawn from trade an..."