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Thomas Paine: Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honour.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honour.
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Thomas Paine

Editor's note · Context

Paine asserts that public funds must be handled with the utmost integrity and honor.

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