We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we do our deficit spending on weapons, at least we get weapons. Then if we need weapons, we have them. If… — P. J. O'Rourke 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
Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is a law of governance that democracies have to spend themselves dizzy. Citizens of democracies can, after all, tell their government… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It [1991 Federal budget] contains almost 190,000 accounts. At a rate of one per minute, eight hours a day, it would take… — Richard Darman 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
When you get the economy growing, that's when you can deal with the national debt. — Mike Pence 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
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
When you run a company, you want to hand it off in better shape than you found it. In the same way,… — Henry Paulson 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 Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign to Fix the Debt' for calling attention… — Peter Welch Copy Share Image
During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump pledged to eliminate our national debt 'over a period of eight years.' Now two… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
So the Bush-Obama administration has taken a fiscal stance diametrically opposed to that of the patron saint of free enterprise. While escalating… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I am for a government rigorously frugal & simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of… — Thomas Jefferson 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
Many respected economists and statesmen believe our national debt is neither unwieldy nor a dangerous burden on the country. The trouble is… — Mo Udall Copy Share Image
We inherited a national debt that has doubled in eight years. Think of it - $20 trillion. It's doubled. And we inherited… — Donald Trump 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
“Even as I write these words, our ticking national debt clock tells us that we are increasing our debt by 3 billion… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
“Is a wind farm a field full of talking politicians? If so, I wonder what they grow? Probably the national debt.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The Missourians I hear from just don't buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes… — John McCain Copy Share Image
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 think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt]. — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose. — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“He could melt glaciers with that smile. End wars. Resolve the national debt crisis.” — Kristen Proby Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not… — Ron Estes 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
What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally . Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden… — Barack Obama 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
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
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