To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to…

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

I believe that it may be normal, healthy, and even productive to experience mild to moderate depression from time to time as part of…

— Andrew Weil

I will bring our energy companies back. They'll be able to compete. They'll make money. They'll pay off our national debt. They'll pay off…

— Donald Trump

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I am a deficit hawk.

— Dick Cheney

Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today…

— Robert C. Solomon

The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major…

— William Shockley

You know, dramas are much more expensive to do than say a comedy, so any kind of deficit like that is picked up on…

— Paul Guilfoyle

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

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Dick Durbin

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

The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit.

— Martin Feldstein

There is a nationwide shortage of drugs for Attention Deficit Disorder. The FDA says they're not sure how it happened. I guess somebody wasn't…

— Jay Leno

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