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2083. DEBT (United States), Time and.—
No nation can make a declaration against
the validity of long-contracted debts, so disinterestedly
as we, since we do not owe a
shilling which will not be paid with ease,
principal and interest, by the measures you
[the new government] have taken, within
the time of our own lives.—
To James Madison. Washington ed. iii, 108.
Ford ed., v, 123.
(P.
1789)
See Generations.
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