Robert Morris

“The path of credit is a plain and easy road.”

“The public credit is the vital spark of modern policy.”

“You may rely on my prudence in guarding against any measure which can be injurious to the public credit of the United States.”

“Justice to the public creditors, and the restoration of public credit are the objects of my administration.”

“A due attention to the public interest, and a steady pursuit of the public welfare, is the only sure way of obtaining public confidence.”

“The payment of debts is the first step toward the establishment of credit.”

“The United States may command everything they want, if they will but pursue the proper means to obtain it.”

“It is the duty of every individual to act his part in whatever station his country may call him to; and to prefer the public to private interest.”

“Confidence is the source of credit.”

“It is a melancholy consideration that a people who have given such signal proofs of their attachment to the cause of liberty, should be so little attentive to the means of preserving it.”

“In a government like ours, the public purse must be supplied by the voluntary contributions of the people.”

“Surely it is a matter of importance, to have it known to the world that this country is not destitute of the means of performing its engagements.”

“A punctual payment of interest is the only thing which will obtain and preserve credit.”

“The people of this country have a right to expect that their rulers will be faithful to their trust.”

“I am not a speculative man in my private concerns, and in my public I never will be.”