“Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.”
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Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.