I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.


Letter to William Plumer (21 July 1816).

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.