| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 384 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government to the genuine principles of it’s constitution; I mean an additional article, taking from the federal government the power of borrowing. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Vice President THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to John Taylor, November 26, 1798.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford, vol. 7, p. 310 (1896). |
| SUBJECTS: | Debt |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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