And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our read more

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

Debt is the worst poverty.

Debt is the worst poverty.

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.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.

A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.

A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.

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