It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralise the long-range effects of our national stupidity — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I will introduce a new set of fiscal rules which will apply to every decision taken by a Labour government. We will… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
The burden of the national debt consists not in its being so many millions, or so many hundred millions, but in the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should, with the consent of the creditors, be remoulded into such a shape… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
On a nationwide basis, I would guess that the various churches would have to pay annually an amount at least equal to… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't know how you feel, but I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with churches?… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases, the inconsistent flow of credit, an outrageous national… — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
The [Donald] Trump plan would increase the national debt a little over a $1 trillion a year, the Trump plan would reduce… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When my husband was president, we went from a $300 billion deficit to a $200 billion surplus and we were actually on… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The U.S. has a law on the books called the debt limit, but the name is misleading. The debt limit started in… — David Malpass Copy Share Image
I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt]. — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
This is when our nation was supposed to start paying down the national debt and rolling back those massive deficits. This was… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“The country was lumbering towards election day. Strike turned in early on Sunday and watched the day's gaffes, counterclaims and promises being… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
We don`t need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It is known, to the force of a single pound weight, what the engine will do; but, not all the calculators of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“As observers of totalitarianism such as Victor Klemperer noticed, truth dies in four modes, all of which we have just witnessed. The… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
A national debt if it is not excessive will be to us a national blessing; it will be powerfull cement of our… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The important lesson of the deficit is - and the national debt - is we have to be careful about how we're… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
On any measure, Spain's bank rescue has been a disaster. A hundred million euros have been added to the national debt, ten-year… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need. — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image