Balanced Quote by Harry Browne

“What do you mean by sound government?' Good public order, no corruption in high places, freedom from fear and war and crime, a reasonably…

— P.D. James

Look at what happened in the 1990s: when they balanced the federal budget, it was through growth in the economy and controlling spending.

— Steve Scalise

If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom.

— John Stossel

“It was the American middle class. No one's house cost more than two or three year's salary, and I doubt the spread in annual…

— Michael Francis Moore

“The predominant view was that budgets should be balanced and money supplies tightened. This, as we know today, only made matters worse.”

— Timothy Snyder

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. We contemplate the…

— Warren G. Harding

I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt - pretty conservative. The first entitlement reform of your lifetime…

— Newt Gingrich

We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When…

— Theresa May

The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity.

— William Ellery Channing

Each budgets reflect our priorities, reflect our principles, reflect our vision. We believe in balancing the budget. We believe in getting government to live…

— Paul Ryan

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less…

— Benjamin Franklin

“For three decades following the war, economists, politicians, commentators and citizens all agreed that high public expenditure, administered by local or national authorities with…

— Tony Judt