We 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.


The essence of Jefferson (ed. 1977)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

We 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,...

We 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,...

We 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,...

We 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,...