Debt
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain
Debt is an ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it
Strange customs do not thrive in foreign soil
Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound; great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger
A man in debt is so far a slave
I place economy among the first and important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
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