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Thomas Jefferson on Borrowing Money

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 24, 2015 | Debt, Economics, Founders, Government, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson

“I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government to the genuine principles of its Constitution; I mean an additional article, taking from the...

George Washington on Unfunded Paper

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 24, 2015 | Debt, Economics, Founders, George Washington, Government, President, Quotes, Subject

“If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will crash.” George Washington – courtesy of theeconomiccollapseblog

George Washington on Spirit of Commerce

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 24, 2015 | Economics, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes, Subject

“A people… who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.” George Washington – courtesy of theeconomiccollapseblog

Thomas Jefferson on Economic Virtue

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 24, 2015 | Economics, Founders, President, Quotes, Subject, Thomas Jefferson, Uncategorized

“I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and...

Thomas Jefferson on Redistribution

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 24, 2015 | Economics, Equality, Founders, Freedom, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson

“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the...

Democracy and Socialism

by Mike Van Schoiack | Feb 9, 2015 | Constitution, Freedom, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Subject, Uncategorized

“For it is very clear that, in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members.” Woodrow Wilson,...
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