Any Quote by Jim DeMint

Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget.

— Susan Brooks

If there are few conservatives in the senate wing of the Republican Party that will say no to a budget that never balances, we…

— Rand Paul

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those…

— William Vickrey

I won't support any budget, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat budget, that doesn't lead to balance.

— Rand Paul

On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?

— William J. Clinton

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

— Anonymous

Both candidates for president talk about balancing the budget ten years from now. Even if they win, they won't be in office then.

— Virgil Goode

Adhering to budgeting rules shouldn't trump good decision-making.

— Emily Oster

Our balanced budget has an important psychological function. It is a signal that we can't continue to constantly take on debt.

— Wolfgang Schauble

No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has President Bill…

— Mario Cuomo

“I don’t think we’ll solve the problem of the deficit until three things happen: We need more discipline on spending in Congress. We need…

— Ronald Reagan

If a budget is designed to show our values, it's clear where the majority stands: against opportunity, against education, and against America's hard-working, tax-paying…

— Ellen Tauscher