Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election.
Interpretation
Excessive taxation prompts citizens to think critically about the political landscape, especially during elections.
This quote by Thomas Jefferson emphasizes the idea that when taxation becomes burdensome, it compels individuals to engage in thoughtful consideration of their government's actions and policies. Particularly during election times, the impact of heavy taxes can motivate citizens to evaluate which candidates or policies best reflect their interests and values.
In practice
During a political speech, one might say, 'As Thomas Jefferson noted, excessive taxation prompts us to carefully choose our leaders.'
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
βWe must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street.
Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest.
For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.
Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.
If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects to the state of tributary slaves.
You can't say the Negro left the Republican Party; the Negro feels he was evicted from the Republican Party.
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