Debt Quotes

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Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt. — Neil Finn
Credit is an 'I love debt' score. — Dave Ramsey
People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt. — Seneca the Younger
Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled. — Irenaeus of Lyons
I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are… — Sadie Frost
Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare. — Helle Thorning-Schmidt
The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America might otherwise bear… — William J. Clinton
I must express protest against continually increasing the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth. — Joe Biden
You must bind up any wounds you give the earth and you must feed her to replace what you take from her. Every gift she… — Morgan Llywelyn
If any person had told the Parliament which met in terror and perplexity after the crash of 1720 that in 1830 the wealth of England… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him. — Pearl S. Buck
Always pay; for first or last you must pay your entire debt. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by violent possibilities, by refusing to swear, refusing to pay… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly. — Timothy Keller
A thief, though rich, will continue to steal, but an honest man, though poor, will ever seek to pay his debts. — John Andreas Widtsoe
Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I am for a government rigorously frugal & simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt;… — Thomas Jefferson
There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one's debts, respecting one's parents and doing… — Allan Bloom
We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation. — Richard Lamm
The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a… — Gore Vidal
My father, to whom I owe so much, never told me the difference between right and wrong; now I think that's why I remain so… — John Mortimer
Defaulting on the nation's debt would be cataclysmic. The U.S. Treasury's Aaa rating is the one constant in the world's financial system. When times are… — Mark Zandi
We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem. — Mark Zandi
Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed not only by the Nation but to the Nation. If our children have to pay… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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