Misuse Quote by Gregory David Roberts

A country does not go bankrupt.

— Walter Wriston

Money has no country.

— Christina Stead

With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

The fact that oppressive and corrupt regimes can borrow money in the name of the whole country means that the country's future generations will…

— Thomas Pogge

Why throw money at problems? That is what money is for. Should the nation's wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues to be…

— Kurt Vonnegut

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.

— Eduard Shevardnadze

Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.

— John Stossel

The government has no money of its own. It's all your money.

— Margaret Thatcher

The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

— Milton Friedman

I don't mind the government accruing debts as long as every dollar is spent effectively with a high return. That works out fine. If…

— Jeremy Grantham

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.

— Joseph Conrad

A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.

— Anonymous