Balance Quote by John B. Anderson

Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's…

— Chris Christie

You may want to move onto another topic, but I, I would just say this to the American people. If you believe that we…

— Barack Obama

I want to reduce America's deficit by cutting spending that we don't need but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit…

— Barack Obama

I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government should invest…

— Cynthia Dill

The harsh reality is that we simply cannot tax our way out of our overspending and debt problem. We need a balanced approach that…

— Kevin Brady

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

How do you hold down government spending?

— Milton Friedman

We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does…

— Rick Santelli

We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.

— Johnny Van Zant

How does one leave Social Security and Medicare untouched, grow defense by more than $50 billion, slash taxes, launch a $1 trillion infrastructure program…

— Pat Buchanan

What I wanted to do was see if we couldn't balance the budget.

— Wilbur Mills