Debts Quote by Robert Walpole

At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.

— Baron de Montesquieu

It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations…

— Dan Coats

Our expense is almost all for conformity. It is for cake that we run in debt; 'tis not the intellect, not the heart, not…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In 1828 we raised the duties, on an average, to nearly fifty per cent, when the debt was on the eve of being discharged,…

— John C. Calhoun

Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is spending $2.4…

— Jeff Miller

Public debt [is] a burden on all the people.

— Calvin Coolidge

For, when the credit of a country is in any degree questionable, it never fails to give on extravagant premium, in one shape or…

— Alexander Hamilton

It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should . . . be remoulded into such a shape as will bring the expenditure…

— Alexander Hamilton

People's taxes spent on servicing our national debt, instead of funding public services. This isn't just a waste - it's also a risk.

— Liz Kendall

You know, we've got to be responsible about our debt. We don't want the United States to ever be a dead beat, and not…

— Claire McCaskill

It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should, with the consent of the creditors, be remoulded into such a shape as will…

— Alexander Hamilton

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

— Alexander Hamilton