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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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381 |
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AUTHOR:
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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
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QUOTATION:
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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. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford, vol. 10, p. 41 (1899). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Debt |
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