Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you? ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.2148, Delphi Classics
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Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you? ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.2148, Delphi Classics

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