Quote by Ben Carson

My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal agencies, and then ask…

— Herman Cain

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

— David H. Koch

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

— Mitt Romney

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

— Herbert Hoover

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of budgeting the balance.

— Anonymous

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans…

— Howard Dean

You want to balance the budget in this country? We change the salary structure for Congress and the President. Every year they don't balance…

— Daniel Keys Moran

We get to a balanced budget within eight to 10 years. We do it by reducing spending in a whole series of programs. By…

— Mitt Romney

Budgets don't balance themselves, it takes fiscal discipline, and both the union and the government will have to show taxpayers that discipline.

— Pierre Poilievre

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Normally, when politicians talk about 'cutting the budget,' they really mean reducing the amount of increase. Actual spending goes up while the politicians claim…

— Mark McKinnon

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those…

— William Vickrey