Foreign Debt

Famous quotes containing the words foreign and/or debt:

    “It tosses up our losses, the torn seine,
    The shattered lobster pot, the broken oar
    And the gear of foreign dead men. The sea has many voices,
    Many gods and many voices.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “The debt was the most sacred obligation incurred during the war. It was by no means the largest in amount. We do not haggle with those who lent us money. We should not with those who gave health and blood and life. If doors are opened to fraud, contrive to close them. But don’t deny the obligation, or scold at its performance.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)