Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased.

The only question where there is disagreement is should the highest income rates above a quarter million dollars a year go back to where…

— Austan Goolsbee

We must create wealth and we must cut our deficits.

— Manuel Valls

To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social…

— Ben Bernanke

Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.

— Ronald Reagan

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector…

— Sarah Palin

We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly,…

— John W. Snow

I've got a chart here that shows our debt-to-GDP ratio. And while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt…

— Mark Kirk

At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But…

— George Soros

With a congressional mandate to run the deficit up as high as need be, there is no reason to raise taxes now and risk…

— Dick Morris

The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.

— Bernie Sanders

I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It…

— Alan Greenspan

When you're talking about long-term deficit reduction, $4 trillion worth, entitlement reform needs to be part of it.

— Dick Durbin

It's clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to…

— Austan Goolsbee

“It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on…

— Thomas Paine

To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and…

— George Washington