“We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much”
Ronald Reagan
“Debt is like a double edged sword. Use it well and you shall win the war. Use it wrongly and you shall see your name in the tombstone...”
Zeng Han Jun
“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
“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
“Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.”
Benjamin Franklin
“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
“We don't put extra money into our savings. We decrease the amount we pay to reduce our credit card debt. We still live in a starter home. I'm not even considering a bigger home because we're paying all that money in gas.”
Debbie Ryan
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