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A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; read more
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.
Debt is the slavery of the free
Debt is the slavery of the free
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.
One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If read more
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves.
Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of read more
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
Debt is the worst poverty.
Debt is the worst poverty.
