That paper money has some advantages is admitted. But that its abuses …

Thomas Jefferson
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That paper money has some advantages is admitted. But that its abuses also are inevitable and, by breaking up the measure of value, makes a lottery of all private property, cannot be denied. ✨ Thomas Jefferson Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson, Lulu.com
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That paper money has some advantages is admitted. But that its abuses also are inevitable and, by breaking up the measure of value, makes a lottery of all private property, cannot be denied. ✨ Thomas Jefferson Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson, Lulu.com

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