Deficit Quotes

380 quotes by 257 authors

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot… — Nicolas Sarkozy
The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in great need of… — Barack Obama
The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk… — Barack Obama
What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values… — Barack Obama
From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our… — Martin Feldstein
During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year of armed conflict they were… — G. Edward Griffin
If a trade deficit is determined solely by rates of savings and investment, then the U.S. trade deficit will be impervious to a get-tough trade… — Unknown Author
[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want. — John Stossel
In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment. — Warren Buffett
Clinical training in psychoanalysis has a deficit. It teaches how to sit and think about what a person is saying and how to interpret it… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I know economists will say well, we could run a small deficit but the problem is that once you cross that line as we see… — Stephen Harper
Regularity chauvinists are people who insist that you have got to do the same thing every time, every day, which drives some of us nuts.… — Ted Nelson
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as a… — Alan Greenspan
The habit of disguising ideology as expertise has created a deficit of legitimacy. — Paul Krugman
Americas largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the dollar… — Jo Ann Emerson
With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the… — Jo Ann Emerson
I think if you're going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit, that he… — Al Franken
I believe we can and should have it all. Lower deficits but higher spending. More peace with a bigger military that goes off and kills… — Craig Armstrong
People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another… — Bebe Moore Campbell

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