Debt Quotes

1181 Debt quotes by 770 unique authors

The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank notes, and thus… — James A. Garfield
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code. — Robert W. Service
There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts. — Charles Caleb Colton
In the midst of life we are in debt. — Bill Vaughan
It's hard for writers to get on with their work if they are convinced that they owe a concrete debt to experience and cannot allow… — Saul Bellow
The national debt has given rise to joint stock companies, to dealings in negotiable effects of all kinds, and to agiotage , in a word… — Karl Marx
So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation… — John Quincy Adams
Obama does not need to worry as much as past Democratic presidents about being labeled soft on national security - not after giving the order… — Ron Fournier
Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy,… — Ron Fournier
Public borrowing is costly these days, true, but interest rates on municipal bonds are still considerably lower than those borne by corporate debt. — Thomas Frank
We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven't been addressed, and I'd like to stand with… — Al Franken
Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt. — Benjamin Franklin
Creditors have better memories than debtors. — Benjamin Franklin
Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily… — Jacque Fresco
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us… — Nancy Friday
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. — Milton Friedman
Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of… — Milton Friedman
A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others. — Indira Gandhi
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt… — Bill Gates
The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. — Barry Goldwater
Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts. — Chuck Grassley
Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death. — Lady Gregory
The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of thousands of dollars… — Gail Collins
There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out… — Gail Collins
This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt and government control… — Ted Cruz

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