Quote#Freedom
It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people that no taxes…
Quote byJohn Dickinson · 1732–1808
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From the first draft of the Declaration of Rights and Grievances passed October 19, 1765 by The First Congress of the American Colonies, also known as the Stamp Act Congress; as cited in John Dickinson and the Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1764-1776, David Louis Jacobson, University of California Pres.
English (original)
It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
— John Dickinson
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