Debts Quotes

178 Debts quotes by 144 unique authors

It looks to me like the candidates are trying to relieve the farmer of his vote, instead of his debts. — Will Rogers
No government proposal more complicated than "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" ever works. — P.J. O'Rourke
There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts. — Charles Caleb Colton
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
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 federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation,… — Mitch Daniels
I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time… — Mitch Daniels
Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America. — Barbara Ehrenreich
At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the… — Mark Haddon
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. — George Herbert
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars… — Thomas Jefferson
Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon;… — Samuel Johnson
What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its… — Stephen King
Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in… — Rudyard Kipling
All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not… — James Madison
Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems… — John Major
Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by… — Angela Merkel
It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts. — Roger Moore
I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a… — Rupert Murdoch
Even if you were to fall into extreme financial hardship and file for bankruptcy, you need to understand that your student loan debt will not… — Suze Orman
Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. — George Osborne
You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system. — George Osborne
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when… — John Podhoretz
Debts and lies are generally mixed together. — Francois Rabelais

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