So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes.... I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.


The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1875 (ed. 1967)

Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same,...

So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same,...

So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same,...

So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same,...