When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do…

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

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

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

We must create wealth and we must cut our deficits.

— Manuel Valls

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

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

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