Quote by George Washington

Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous conscientiousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the…

— Thomas Paine

I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let…

— Thomas Jefferson

Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honor.

— Thomas Paine

We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than…

— Livy

“All the perplexities, confusion, and distress in America arise, not from want of honor or virtue, but from the downright ignorance of the nature…

— John Adams

“Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken by as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by…

— Wendell Berry

“David Lawrence, founder of US News & World Report, warned, "Confiscation of wealth may satisfy the vengeful in us. It may sooth a retaliatory…

— Jim Powell

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.

— Charles P. Kindleberger

The people who have wealth and the people who earn money are going to be a little reluctant to part with it, particularly if…

— Dinesh D'Souza

On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life…

— Arthur Henderson

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale

— Thomas Jefferson

I've always thought my main concern is to alleviate the burdens on people, who were earning less money, perhaps than £80,000.

— Kwasi Kwarteng