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  • And this from no reluctance to allow myself to be called the Insolvent, which I probably am, but because I will not put out of the [power] of my creditors the resources, mental or literary, which yet remain to me.

    The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801

  • 'Insolvent' Portsmouth win much needed stay of execution

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • 'Insolvent' Portsmouth win much needed stay of execution

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Insolvent mega banks that can NEVER be made solvent again.

    Matthew Yglesias » Presidents Shape Their Circumstances 2010

  • An Insolvent Japan Your editorial " The Italy of Asia " Jan. 6 on Japan's debt was timely, although I don't think it will stop those who believe that Japanese investors have an insatiable appetite for their country's own reckless spending and debt issuance practices.

    Nobody Will Rescue 2011

  • Insolvent banks and financial institutions must be shut down, purging insolvency from the system.

    Why I Won't Support More Bailouts Timo Soini 2011

  • Insolvent big banks were bailed out and their managers expressed their warm thanks to taxpayers by engaging in every regulatory and accounting shenanigan imaginable to plunder the bailout funds for personal benefit.

    Banks use accounting loopholes to inflate profits and bolster bonuses 2011

  • “Let it never be said that America had no sooner become Independent than She became Insolvent,” Congress had declared, “or that her infant Glories and growing Fame were tarnished by broken Contracts and violated Faith.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • “Let it never be said that America had no sooner become Independent than She became Insolvent,” Congress had declared, “or that her infant Glories and growing Fame were tarnished by broken Contracts and violated Faith.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • Insolvent, the Americans must borrow from Asians to make other Asians into road kill.

    It Takes Generations to Get That Dumb 2009

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