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1906. CREDIT, Establishing.—

I told
the President [Washington] all that was ever
necessary to establish our credit, was an efficient
government, and an honest one, declaring
it would sacredly pay our debts, laying
taxes for this purpose and applying them
to it.—
The Anas. Washington ed. ix, 123. Ford ed., i, 205.
(Oct. 1792)