"I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy". - Thomas Jefferson
"In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." - Thomas Jefferson
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Kevin Kabuki gave props (1 Nov 2009):
He would have stabbed himself with his writing quill if he witnessed the last decade. Rather, he would have had one of his slaves do it for him.
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Latrenia Bryant gave props (9 Nov 2009):
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