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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:5517
AUTHOR:Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
QUOTATION:The gentleman has not seen how to reply to this, otherwise than by supposing me to have advanced the doctrine that a national debt is a national blessing. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Second Speech on Foot’s Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830. P. 303.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.—Alexander Hamilton. [back]
 

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