Debt Quotes

No government proposal more complicated than "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" ever works.

Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.

Charity is an eternal debt and without limit.

I am fighting for those middle-class families who want us to deal with our debt and deficit, but they also want the investments that are critical to our country moving forward.

When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates.

What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted – it was borrowed, spent, and wasted.

If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.

We do not have a debt crisis right now, but we see it coming. We know it's irrefutably happening. And the point we're trying to make with our budget is let's get ahead of this problem.

I live in Vegas, and I see people by the side of the road with cardboard signs who seem like they might have tried that spending their way out of debt thing.

The more debt we owe, the wealthier we are.

Long term debt and bank debt (including off-balance sheet financing must be judiciously employed. There must be room to expand the debt position if required.

Worrying is the interest paid on a debt you may not owe.

It is tough being patient when you are more than a half million dollars in debt.

Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor.

If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice.

A small loan makes a debt; a great one an enemy.

Always be grateful for your blessings, especially your heritage. When we are blessed with goodly parents, we should be grateful. This is the debt each of us owes for our heritage.

The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.

Higher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges.

You [Jill Stein] want to do something about student debt. And that affects conservative and liberal students. That's going to be a majoritarian position.

I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. Now we reckon them as bank-days, by some debt which is to be paid us, or which we are to pay, or some pleasure we are to taste.

We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account: or if they live, they lose themselves in the crowd.

The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.

The greatest threat to our national security is our debt. We borrow a million dollars a minute.

To me, there is no greater threat than our debt. I'm the only fiscal conservative on the stage because I'm willing to hold the line on all spending.

Seek the Lord and give God the opportunity to provide through other means before you take out debt.

Our debt was too great and the words thank you too small.

The role James Baldwin played in my life is incommensurable as stated above. He helped, along with a few others, to shape the man that I am today. My debt to him is invaluable.

We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.

It is for all Men that come into the World once to Die, and after Death the Judgment; and since Death is a Debt that all of us must pay, it is but a matter of small moment what way it be done.

I am your brother. I was supposed to be your brother before either of us was born. Karmic debt. It appears I was Vlad the Impaler or Genghis Khan in a past life.

Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.

Women hate a debt as men a gift.

The economic success of the Reagan Administration was largely dependent upon the pyramiding of massive debt and the siphoning of capital from the rest of the world.

It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius.

I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth," Cauthon whispered. "I consider our debt paid in full.

The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before.

It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.

I am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt.

In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to 'Until debt do us part'.

War - after all, what is it that the people get? Why-widows, taxes, wooden legs and debt.

We are far betting dealing with the big losses-death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness-than with the daily onslaught of little losses.

If I was in Congress, I would not vote to raise the debt ceiling.

Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.

Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.

The government can reasonably rely on debt ratings when it forms programs to lend money to buyers of otherwise unattractive debt instruments.

Naturally the U.S. trails in gold medals because every time we win one, we hand it over to the Chinese to pay off our debt.

Debt robs a man of much of the energy and support which he is otherwise able to give to the church and to other good causes.