At the time we were funding our national debt, we heard much about "a public debt being a public blessing"; that the stock representing it was a creation of active capital for the aliment of commerce, manufactures and agriculture. This paradox was well adapted to the minds of believers in dreams.
Thomas JeffersonIf you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have it over.
Thomas JeffersonThere is preparing, I hope, under the auspices of heaven, a way for a total emancipation.
Thomas JeffersonA right to property is founded in our natural wants, in the means with which we are endowed to satisfy these wants, and the right to what we acquire by those means without violating the similar rights of other sensible beings.
Thomas Jefferson