“To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.... We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude.... If we run into such debts, we must be taxed… in our necessities and our comforts, in our labors and in our amusements.... If we can prevent the Government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.”        -Thomas Jefferson