Ralph Waldo Emerson: Solvency is maintained by means of the national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pa

Solvency is maintained by means of the national debt, on the principle, "If you — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solvency is maintained by means of the national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

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Christianity taught only what the whole of Asia knew already long before and eve — Arthur Schopenhauer