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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson
“suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses, enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes”
Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, fourth paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Jefferson reports that cutting needless offices made it possible to repeal internal taxes.
Citation: "suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses, enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes" — Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, fourth paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id jefferson-second-inaugural-address-q1)
