Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge. If this be a just remark, it is unwise and improvident to vest in the general government a power to borrow at discretion, without any limitation or restriction.” ~ Brutus Robert Yates (1738-1801) American politician and judge, pseudonyms "Brutus" and "Sydney"Source: The Anti-Federalist,1787-88.