Forget Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

When I walked into the Oval Office, I had more than a trillion-dollar deficit greeting me. And we know where it came from: two…

— Barack Obama

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.

— Peter DeFazio

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

— Al Sharpton

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and a huge…

— Thomas Frank

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

— Anonymous

The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts,…

— Robert C. Solomon

We're in a trade war. We've been in a trade war for decades. That's why we have the deficit.

— Wilbur Ross

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about…

— Ben Bernanke

One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the…

— Dick Cheney

When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office, our national…

— Barack Obama

We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth.

— Kristi Noem