Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man in debt is so far a slave.
Some have been ensnared in the net of excessive debt. The net of interest holds them fast, requiring them to sell their time and energies to meet the demands of creditors. They surrender their freedom, becoming slaves to their own extravagance.
It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.
Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.
Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and insults that come when they are not paid back.
All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn't work in reality.
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.