National debt Quotes · Page 7

I'm witnessing the problems that the federal government is passing down in terms of drones, in violation of our civil liberties, spying…

— Matt Rosendale

Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious…

— Paul Ryan

As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit.

— George Washington

I would suggest to my honourable Friend that the foreign investor is at least as discouraged by high national debt for that,…

— John James Cowperthwaite

“The world became more aware that America-despite being the hope of many who have the personal drive and ambition to become part…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax…

— John Spratt

Many respected economists and statesmen believe our national debt is neither unwieldy nor a dangerous burden on the country. The trouble is…

— Mo Udall

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

By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

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

We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads…

— Barry Goldwater

I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trillion, I think if we…

— Ben Quayle

The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.

— William E. Simon

Our growing national debt is a threat to our national defense and to our domestic priorities, including research and development, education, health…

— Seth Moulton

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

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

You [Donald Trump] call yourself the King of Debt. You talk about leverage. You even at one time suggested that you would…

— Hillary Clinton

We inherited a national debt that has doubled in eight years. Think of it - $20 trillion. It's doubled. And we inherited…

— Donald Trump

The national debt is totally unlike a family budget for about a gazillion reasons, not the least of which being that families…

— Matt Taibbi

When Hume and Adam Smith prophesied that a little increase of national debt beyond the then amount of it, would probably occasion…

— Thomas Malthus

“The split has widened because the right has moved right, not because the left has moved left. Republican presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

When I left Washington, we actually had a balanced budget and we paid down the most amount of the national debt in…

— John Kasich

His presidency ended more than a decade ago, but politicians, Democrat and Republican, still talk about Ronald Reagan. Al Gore has an…

— Bruce Morton