quotations about debt
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
letter to Robert Morris, Apr. 30, 1781
Debt haunts the mind; a conversation about justice troubles it; the sight of a creditor fills it with confusion; even the sanctuary is not a place of refuge.
DR. CHARTERY
The London and Paris Observer, 1826
What is debt anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence.
DAVID GRAEBER
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
BIBLE
Matthew 6:12
Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.
J. REUBEN CLARK
Selected Papers on Religion
A debt that will be used to start a business opportunity is the only time that I ever encourage people to borrow money.
CHINKEE TAN
"Stay out of bad debt", Tempo, July 11, 2019