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Monetary prudence

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.

Author: Greg Raven

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Author Greg RavenPosted on October 1, 2011June 11, 2016Format QuoteCategories moneyTags Thomas Jefferson

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