The deficit is the symptom, but spending is the disease.

The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of…

— Grover Norquist

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as…

— Alan Greenspan

The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal Reserve currency…

— Ron Paul

The problem with our deficit is not because Americans are taxed too little. The problem with the deficit is because Washington spends too much…

— Paul Ryan

Spending on the military doesn't increase the deficit.

— Ronald Reagan

In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process…

— Michael Parenti

Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and cut taxes,…

— Brian Baird

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

In different countries the basis of resistance takes different forms, but it comes chiefly from the conservative groups. Hence it becomes increasingly difficult to…

— John T. Flynn

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

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

Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to…

— Ayn Rand

“Sexuality is more a symptom of your life's condition than a cause, more a consequence than an origin.”

— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

Do not mistake a child for his symptom.

— Erik Erikson