Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality — you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions. Nothing can more affect national prosperity than a constant and systematic attention to extinguish the present debt and to avoid as much as possible the incurring of any new debt.” ~ Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury