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James Madison on Debt 2

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Debt, Founders, James Madison, President, Quotes

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. Courtesy of BrainyQuotes

TJ on Debt

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Debt, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson

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 of the world. Courtesy of BrainyQuote

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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