Budget Quote by John F. Kennedy

The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard.

— Ron Paul

If we cannot return to fiscal integrity because the public prefers profusion and prodigality over balanced budgets, we cannot escape paying the price, which…

— Hans F. Sennholz

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good…

— Robert Reich

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

— Herbert Hoover

The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend…

— Matt Taibbi

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

— Mike Pence

There is nothing more important for a government than getting its budget through.

— Annastacia Palaszczuk

The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need.

— John F. Kennedy

We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either.

— Tony Blankley

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

— Ronald Reagan

Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity.

— Paul Ryan