Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Destutt de Tracy
| Monticello Dec. 26. 20. |
our right may be doubted of mortgaging posterity for the expenses of a war in which they will have a right to say their interests were not concerned. it is incumbent on every generation to pay it’s own debts as it goes. a principle which, if acted on, would save one half the wars of the world.
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