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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.


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This page presents the quote "Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.". Author of this quote is Ambrose Bierce. This quote is about debt, owing a debt, debtors, ingenious, ties,.