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Thomas Paine on War

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 18, 2013 | Founders, Quotes, Thomas Paine, War

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine on Burdens Passed On

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 18, 2013 | Founders, Quotes, Thomas Paine, War

“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” Thomas Paine

Ogden Nash on Debt

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 17, 2013 | Debt, Quotes

“Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.” Ogden Nash, American Writer, 1902 – 1971.

Seneca on Debt

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 17, 2013 | Debt, Philosophers, Quotes

“Death’s the discharge of our debt of sorrow” Seneca, Roman philosopher, mid 1st century AD.

Francois Rabelais on Debt

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 17, 2013 | Debt, Quotes

“Debts and lies are generally mixed together” Francois Rabelais, French author, 1483 – 1553

George Washington on Debt

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 17, 2013 | Debt, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes

“Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic.” George...
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