It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.
“A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.”
“As he is one, so we call Him God, the Deity, the Divine Nature, and other names of the same signification.”