Able Quote by Rob Portman

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 get to a balanced budget within eight to 10 years. We do it by reducing spending in a whole series of programs. By…

— Mitt Romney

Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced.

— Ken Livingstone

When my husband was president, we went from a $300 billion deficit to a $200 billion surplus and we were actually on the path…

— Hillary Clinton

I don't know how you make a record on liberal and conservative these days. We've had a conservative Republican Congress, so to speak, and…

— Sam Nunn

As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had…

— Evan Bayh

My Army reserve service was in the 1990s. It was, more than anything else, an opportunity for me to express gratitude. My understanding of…

— James M Strock

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.

— Barack Obama

In the first two years, when I had a strong majority in the House and the Senate, we were as productive as any administration…

— Barack Obama

For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all…

— Herbert Stein

I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to see us…

— Nicola Sturgeon