“A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt”
George Herbert
“Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, ''If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.”
Thomas Jefferson
“I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other”
James Madison
“Whoso hath left debt and children, let him come to me; I am their patron, I will discharge his debt and befriend his children”
Muhammad
“Enron got in trouble with too much debt. Investors and analysts didn't realize how much debt they had because it was hidden.”
Mike Barbis
“Bad debt is debt that is used to enhance consumption.”
Gary Schatsky
