Age Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Alexander Hamilton

No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no…

— Thomas Paine

I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge.…

— Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.

— Thomas Jefferson

The debt that each generation owes to the past, it must pay to the future.

— Abigail Scott Duniway

In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its…

— Martin Van Buren

I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it…

— Warren Buffett

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

There's no debt limit in the Constitution.

— James Surowiecki

“Will the adoption of this new plan pay our debts! This, Sir, is a plain question. It is inferred, that our grievances are to…

— Patrick Henry

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the…

— Thomas Jefferson