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To: Popocatapetl

Bring back debtor's prison!
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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.
Thomas Jefferson

Never fear the want of business.
A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Thomas Jefferson

Never spend your money before you have it.
Thomas Jefferson

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Thomas Jefferson


8 posted on 02/18/2007 10:29:06 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Vote for RINOS and cry by sending a self-abused stomped elephant.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Interesting quotes - you know congress bailed TJ out of bankruptcy, right? They bought his library to keep him out of the gutter, now called "The Library of Congress."

He also let the navy rot at the piers, then declared war on the worlds largest naval power.

Interesting guy.


16 posted on 02/18/2007 11:14:53 AM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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