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“Creditors have better memories than debtors.”

Memories Business Liberty Debt Finance Awe Poor Richard Borrowing Creditors Awe Inspiring Debtors Owing A Debt

Book:Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

“Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.”

Party Liberty Economic Taxes Gains Assuming Debt Spending Libertarian Tendencies Fixed Expenses Libertarianism Pie Free Market Property Rights Fallacy Wealth Of Nations

Book:Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

Source: Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

“Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that only indirectly affect conduct of the war and do not relate to the engagement of the war itself, the constitutional basis should be scrutinized with care. ... I would not be willing to hold that war powers may be indefinitely prolonged merely by keeping legally alive a state of war that had in fact ended. I cannot accept the argument that war powers last as long as the effects and consequences of war for if so they are permanent -- as permanent as the war debts.”

“In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.”

Men Nations United Liberty History Knowing Highest England Debt Not Knowing Provinces British History Netherlands

Book:History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent

Source: History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent

“Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt.”

Persons Born Liberty Share Modern Debt Usa Modern Life National Debt

Author:Francis Bacon

“Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.”

Force Nations Liberty Gratitude Members Safety Debt Lasting Selfless Armed Forces Debt Of Gratitude

Author:William J. Clinton

“Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.”

Nations Liberty Debt Immigration Insane Crush Pushing Illegal Territory Regulation Unemployment Crossroads Staggering Illegal Immigration National Debt

Author:James Lankford