“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.”
– Thomas Jefferson (letter to Shelton Gilliam, 19 June 1808)
“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.”
– Benjamin Rush (letter to His Fellow Contrymen: On Patriotism, 20 October 1773)
