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Debt Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their…
- There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.
- I acknowledge that such a debt [of service to my fellow-citizens] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can be most useful…
- By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay…
- I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
- But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that…
- The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning…
- The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.
- We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
- No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.
- I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let our…
- A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not…
- To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing…
- I am for a government rigorously frugal & simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt;…
- The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed him in that…
- It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars…
- The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
- A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their…
- To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or…
- We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat…
- I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt;…
- I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.
More Debt Quotes
- Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and… — Margaret Atwood
- All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works… — Michele Bachmann
- After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington… — Michele Bachmann
- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann
- I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. — Ernie Banks
- The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created. — Javier Bardem
- If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner. — John Barrymore
- A church debt is the devil's salary. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. — Ambrose Bierce
- Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. — Ambrose Bierce
- It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. — Aesop
- I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's going to… — Michael Bloomberg