To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has aquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association; the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits aquired by it.
Thomas Jefferson
I’ve found that once this quote comes into a discussion, the leftists stop referring to TJ on economic and taxation issues.