Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, … - Thomas Jefferson

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In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float and run Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.

Thomas Jefferson

Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by the floods of nominal money with which their avarice deluges us.

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When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.

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