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— Thomas Jefferson"We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities."
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The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen.
— John Podhoretz
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I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge. If this be a just remark, it is unwise and improvident to vest in the general government a power to borrow at discretion, without any limitation or restriction.
— Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger
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