Budgets Quote by George Washington

No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or…

— George Washington

“No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or…

— George Washington

No measure can be more desirable, whether viewed with an eye to its intrinsic importance, or to the general sentiment and wish of the…

— George Washington

I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to…

— James Madison

In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its…

— Martin Van Buren

It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should, with the consent of the creditors, be remoulded into such a shape as will…

— Alexander Hamilton

There are respectable individuals, who from a just aversion to an accumulation of Public debt, are unwilling to concede to it any kind of…

— Alexander Hamilton

It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should . . . be remoulded into such a shape as will bring the expenditure…

— Alexander Hamilton

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the…

— George Washington

A public debt is a public curse.

— James Madison

..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the…

— George Washington

We prefer an orderly resolution to the debt crisis and we're moving in that direction. But the most important thing is that the deal…

— Alberto Fernandez