Debt By Founding Fathers Quotes - Page 2

• [Avoid] likewise the accumulation of debt.

  George Washington

  Debt, Accumulation

  George Washington, Andrew Jackson (1862). “Washington's Farewell Address: The Proclamation of Jackson Against Nullification, and the Declaration of Independence”, p.9

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• As to Taxes, they are evidently inseparable from Government. It is impossible without them to pay the debts of the nation, to protect it from foreign danger, or to secure individuals from lawless violence and rapine.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, Taxation, Debt

  Alexander Hamilton (1851). “Political essays [etc., 1792-1804] Contents. Index”, p.737

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