Debts Quotes

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The modern spectacle of vanished forests and eroded lands, wasted petroleum and ruthless mining, national debts recklessly increased until they are repudiated, and continual revision… — Russell Kirk
We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Though debts are condemned in the financial world, the world of friendship and love may perversely depend on well-managed debts. — Alain de Botton
It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so. — Eduard Shevardnadze
We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts. — Suze Orman
To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing… — Thomas Jefferson
Greece will not manage to get back on its feet without restructuring its debt. There is no way around it. The country's creditors will have… — Peer Steinbruck
Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
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
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
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
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
Revenge is one of the few things in politics that never gets lost in the mail or written off for a dime on the dollar… — Hunter S. Thompson
To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers. — Alexander Pope
Too much pleasure disagrees with us. Too many concords are annoying in music; too many benefits irritate us; we wish to have the wherewithal to… — Blaise Pascal
Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine. — Charles Nodier
The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware,… — Simone Weil

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