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
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 blame for [the national debt] lies with the Congress and the President, with Democrats and Republicans alike, most all of whom… — Warren Rudman Copy Share Image
We don't want to put up the money. We owe almost $20 trillion. Doubled since [Barack] Obama took office, our national debt.But… — Donald Trump 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
One of the key principles of Trumponomics is that faster economic growth can help solve a multitude of other social and economic… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
President Obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing. And yet, what do we have to… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It took the national debt two hundred years to reach $1 trillion. Supply Side Economics quadrupled the national debt to over $4… — Ed Schultz Copy Share Image
It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Forget the National Debt Clock. We need an electronic billboard to track all the daily shootings in this country. I'm really sick… — Quentin R. Bufogle 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
We have to remember, lefts are the people who created unsustainable national debt, unsustainable health insurance, health care, unsustainable college tuition and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
It is the people who constitute the basis of Government credit. Why then cannot the people have benefit of their own gilt-edge… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
How does one leave Social Security and Medicare untouched, grow defense by more than $50 billion, slash taxes, launch a $1 trillion… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Shouldn't someone tag Mr. Kennedy's bold new imaginative program with its proper age? Under the tousled boyish haircut is still old Karl… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
As a Main Street businessman, I believe we need to reduce runaway federal spending and address our national debt and the MAP… — Mike Braun 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
Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this… — Karl Rove 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
..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax… — John Spratt 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 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
You [Donald Trump] call yourself the King of Debt. You talk about leverage. You even at one time suggested that you would… — Hillary Clinton 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
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
I have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy: it keeps interest rates lower than they… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that… — Tom Allen 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
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
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 national debt is totally unlike a family budget for about a gazillion reasons, not the least of which being that families… — Matt Taibbi 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
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
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 national debt will have increased by approximately 50% in just eight years! We will have created a new unfunded entitlement -… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image