"We must not let our rulers load us…" — Thomas Jefferson

"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt."

— Thomas Jefferson

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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson has 1,437 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able…
The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral…
The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better…
The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature,…
Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.

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Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the… — Margaret Atwood
All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics… — Michele Bachmann
After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you… — Michele Bachmann
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal… — 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… — Michael Bloomberg

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