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A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton

British priest and writer

January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832

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