Wendell Phillips Quote

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


Speeches, Lectures, and Letters (ed. 1864)


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.

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.