The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.


Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings (ed. 1924)

Calvin Coolidge Quotes

The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this ...

The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this ...

The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this ...

The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this ...