When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office,… — Barack Obama 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 national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.… — Anonymous 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
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are… — James Lankford Copy Share Image
Obama and his Democrats need to be placed on the defensive. They are the primary drivers of this spending; they are the… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The modern spectacle of vanished forests and eroded lands, wasted petroleum and ruthless mining, national debts recklessly increased until they are repudiated,… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone… — Thomas Jefferson 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
The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own” “Stupidity has a certain charm… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
It is a well-known fact that in countries in which the national debt is properly funded, and an object of established confidence,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper… — Ron Fournier 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
People's taxes spent on servicing our national debt, instead of funding public services. This isn't just a waste - it's also a… — Liz Kendall Copy Share Image
I keep telling them, if they added a 2% stupidity tax, the national debt wud be paid off in a matter of weeks :) — Don Raj Copy Share Image
A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
We have, during his regime, during President Obama's regime, we've doubled our national debt. We're up to $20 trillion. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“He could melt glaciers with that smile. End wars. Resolve the national debt crisis.” — Kristen Proby Copy Share Image
You remember had this gigantic clock in the arena showing the size of the national debt. And Paul told America, if you… — Chris Van Hollen Copy Share Image
The only way to reduce our national debt is to grow the economy and cut spending. We have no idea how our… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
So it’s still standing?” he managed to get out between his snickers. “I would’ve thought you two had knocked it to rubble… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
To be clear, aiming to reduce the national debt in the long term and running small surpluses when the economy is operating… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
The national debt has given rise to joint stock companies, to dealings in negotiable effects of all kinds, and to agiotage ,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going,… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
The point is that Hillary Clinton is running on all these ideas. She's gonna do this and she gonna do that. She's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I've criticized Republicans for their lack of fiscal discipline when they controlled Congress before 2007. However, that is no excuse to just… — Erik Paulsen Copy Share Image
When Hume and Adam Smith prophesied that a little increase of national debt beyond the then amount of it, would probably occasion… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
We are not taught to fear our politicians, who can debase our currency, throw us in prison and send us to war… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
His presidency ended more than a decade ago, but politicians, Democrat and Republican, still talk about Ronald Reagan. Al Gore has an… — Bruce Morton Copy Share Image
“When I asked one of Europe’s most influential economic policy makers recently whether the euro crisis really is over, he replied: “No,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The main substantive achievement of neoliberalization, however, has been to redistribute, rather than to generate, wealth and income. …[T]his was achieved under… — David Harvey Copy Share Image