Building Quote by Warren Buffett

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

— Jim DeMint

But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief…

— David Plouffe

“Since the debt limit simply accommodates debt that has already been incurred, raising it should, in theory, be perfunctory. But politicians have found it…

— Thomas E. Mann

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America…

— David Plouffe

I think at the end of the day we have to raise the debt ceiling, because America pays its bills.

— Terri Sewell

The U.S. has a law on the books called the debt limit, but the name is misleading. The debt limit started in 1917 for…

— David Malpass

We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem.

— Mark Zandi

Our ballooning national debt is already an economic and security crisis.

— Katie Britt

But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming…

— Thomas Jefferson

The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

— W. C. Sellar

Both parties recognize the fundamental danger the country's debt poses to our nation's future, but President Obama's policies have not reflected that reality. By…

— Kim Reynolds

The debt limits have to come down. The whole world of debt has to be changed as far as this country is concerned. We…

— Donald Trump