Thomas Jefferson on public debt

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... We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude.

~ Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson
1873

Franklin on the costs of war

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bills come later.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
1873