Jefferson vs Hamilton: should the republic plow or produce?

A republic stands on the honest farmer who owns his soil and answers to no bank in the capital.

And starves when Britain closes the ports; give me factories, credit, and a treasury, and I'll give you a power that endures.

Your treasury is a throne in disguise, Alexander—concentrate coin in a few hands and liberty quietly withers.

Better a strong hand than a scattered dream, Thomas; you distrust central power, yet you bought Louisiana with it.