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8311. TAXATION, Problem of.—
Taxation
is the most difficult function of government,
and that against which their citizens
are most apt to be refractory. The general aim
is, therefore, to adopt the mode most consonant
with the circumstances and sentiments of the
country.—
Preface to Tracy's Political Economy. Washington ed. vi, 570.
(1816)
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