Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Every nation, when it has to borrow money, should borrow it from its own people. That is what this country is doing through the Liberty Loans. Money is needed now in great quantities. The Loan is a good investment and is as secure as the Government itself. And, finally, the purchase of Liberty Bonds helps the conduct of the war, and that is the primary reason for investing in them. You should all help make this loan a success with a view to aiding materially in winning...
...doubt that it is good financing to pay for a war, or for anything else in the world, out of current revenues as nearly as possible in distinction from bonded indebtednesses. Debt is a millstone around the neck of a nation. Fortunate are the people who pay as they go. To keep as near that ideal as possible should be the desideratum of all statesmanship. Our enemies, who commonly belittle our activities, should at least know that, stupendous as has been our war preparation, we are paying an unprecedented fraction of it out of current taxation. Boston Herald
...That's the way I feel, and if you can make other people feel that way, you will be continuing the good work you were doing when I left College...
...extent, for most of you are only in a position to buy bonds either from your savings from allowances or by borrowing on banks, or by selling securities in order to obtain the required funds. Neither of the two latter ways of buying bonds will do the Government much good for in both systems you will be contending with it for the use of labor and other resources. The first plan for investing in the loan, on the other hand, will do the utmost amount of good to the country...
...subscribing more heavily than ever. There is no reason why you, by pledging some of your possible future pleasures, can not all help to carry this loan 'over the top' to the greatest success, and, incidentally, establish a principle of saving that will stand all of you in good stead at all times in the future...