03/03/1805
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"the public debt is the greatest of dangers to be feared."
"We have traded in one tyrant for 237."
"I view it as a source of boundless patronage to the Executive, jobbing to Members of Congress and their friends, and a bottomless abyss of public money."
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned--this is the sum..."