Debt is the slavery of the free.

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes read more

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives read more

It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives one.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our read more

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

He who promises runs in debt.

He who promises runs in debt.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.