Country Quote by Robert C. Solomon

Countries with deficit don't want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don't want to…

— Sebastian Pinera

“Arbitrary limits on deficits and debt hinder a nation’s development. Austerity for the sake of balanced budgets or for the sake of preserving fiscal…

— L. Randall Wray Yeva Nersisyan

Why am I interested in deficits? The only way you balance the budget in this country long-term is through sustained economic growth. And that's…

— Mick Mulvaney

At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union,…

— Angela Merkel

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

— Anonymous

Fiscal policy, monetary policy, they need to work together to try and raise the level of growth.

— Joe Hockey

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

— Mitt Romney

It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more revenue's coming…

— Barack Obama

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about…

— Ben Bernanke

I know economists will say well, we could run a small deficit but the problem is that once you cross that line as we…

— Stephen Harper

The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of…

— Grover Norquist