The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression. –Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 12 July 1816
Related link
- Image of Jefferson’s 12 July 1816 letter to Samuel Kercheval at the Library of Congress American Memory Web site
- Another excerpt from this letter on government at the Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Digital Library
