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First Principles: There Is Not A More Important and Fundamental Principle In Legislation, Than That the Ways and Means Ought Always To Face the Public Engagements; That Our Appropriations Should Ever Go Hand In Hand With Our Promises

“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises. – James Madison, 1790

First Principles: Our Appropriations Should Equal Our Legislative Promises

First Principles: The Ways and Means Needed By Our Government Must Equal Appropriations Hand In Hand

Tag Archives: Public Engagements

First Principles: There Is Not A More Important and Fundamental Principle In Legislation, Than That the Ways and Means Ought Always To Face the Public Engagements; That Our Appropriations Should Ever Go Hand In Hand With Our Promises

First Principles: Our Appropriations Should Equal Our Legislative Promises

First Principles: The Ways and Means Needed By Our Government Must Equal Appropriations Hand In Hand