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The IMF played crucial roles in the 1980s debt crisis and in the transformation of former communist economies. Radical change, many might argue, is neither necessary nor desirable.

Quotes by Zanny Minton Beddoes

It is critical that low-income consumers have access to alternative products and services such as rent-to-own. It gives working-class families opportunities to obtain decent household items without incurring the burden of debt.

Quotes by William Lacy Clay, Jr.

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.

Quotes by William Gurnall

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

Quotes by Wendell Phillips

Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.

Quotes by Victor Ponta

We've had years and years and years of compromises, and that's led to $14 trillion in debt.

Quotes by Tom Graves

Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits.

Quotes by Ted Deutch

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

Quotes by Suze Orman

The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.

Quotes by Susan George

I fully believe that the U.S. has the obligation to honor its debt.

Quotes by Steve Mnuchin

I firmly believe that the U.S. has to honor its debt.

Quotes by Steve Mnuchin

The way to reduce the debt is by economic growth.

Quotes by Steve Mnuchin

Whenever we can, we tend to use debt to fund deals, as Aspen is very cash generative, so it doesn't make sense to issue equity. Over time, we can eliminate debt.

Quotes by Stephen Saad

Borrowing isn't inherently bad; it depends a lot on what the debt is financing.

Quotes by Stephen Moore

Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough.

Quotes by Sherrod Brown

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt.

Quotes by Sean Duffy

My experience is not creating debt but my experience is creating jobs.

Quotes by Scott Howell

The PUP came into office in 1998 when the public debt of Belize was over $600 million and the economy was at a standstill. When we left office in 2008, ten years later, the debt was higher, but a lot was accomplished: the economy was transformed and the social and physical infrastructure of the country significantly upgraded.

Quotes by Said Musa

Despite all the hoopla - despite all the umpa - after 5 years of UDP mismanagement, corruption, and incompetence, we have sunk deeper into debt of $2.4 billion: some $200 million deeper in debt.

Quotes by Said Musa

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

Quotes by Rutherford B. Hayes

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

Quotes by Roy Blunt

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.

Quotes by Ross Perot

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

Quotes by Ron Paul

Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more than we bring in.

Quotes by Ron Estes

If Congress adds 5 percent to the debt, then their pay should be cut by 5 percent.

Quotes by Ron DeSantis

There are a lot of anachronisms in Washington, but the need to periodically raise the debt limit by Congressional vote is certainly one of them.

Quotes by Roger Altman

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Quotes by Robert W. Service

Typically, students slide into debt through the extension (by credit card companies) of unaffordable credit lines.

Quotes by Robert Manning

Washington's insatiable desire to spend our children's inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given record debt and left us with far too many unemployed.

Quotes by Rick Perry

Debt collection is a market with real, persistent, and disturbing problems.

Quotes by Richard Cordray

The Fair Debt Collection Act was passed in 1977, and there were never any provisions for rules to be written under it, so it hasn't kept pace with the times.

Quotes by Richard Cordray

Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

Quotes by Ralph W. Sockman

We should make sure that unscrupulous schools do not prey on uninformed students, leaving them with high debt and useless degrees.

Quotes by Raghuram Rajan

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.

Quotes by Peter Welch

One needs a comprehensive concept that decides just how much debt states like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy can sustainably bear.

Quotes by Peter Bofinger

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too.

Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

Quotes by Paul Ryan

You do not want to get your debt ratio out of whack.

Quotes by Paul Martin

Debt is one person's liability, but another person's asset.

Quotes by Paul Krugman

The people of Maine were tired of being in debt and tired of being overtaxed.

Quotes by Paul LePage

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

Quotes by Paul Gillmor

Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?

Quotes by Pat Paulsen

We will do everything within our power to protect Floridians from unlawful debt collection practices that often employ scare tactics to manipulate individuals.

Quotes by Pam Bondi

Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.

Quotes by Olivier Sarkozy

The transaction cost approach maintains that some projects are easy to finance by debt and ought to be financed by debt. These are projects for which physical-asset specificity is low to moderate.

Quotes by Oliver E. Williamson

These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.

Quotes by Norm Dicks

After Cadbury, the candy company, separated from Dr. Pepper, the soft drinks maker, Cadbury was able to substantially lower its debt load. The profits of Cadbury, the candy company, zoomed.

Quotes by Nelson Peltz

The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined.

Quotes by Mitch McConnell

There is absolutely no way that the U.S. will ever default on its debt. We are not going to do that.

Quotes by Mick Mulvaney

Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.

Quotes by Michael N. Castle

Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.

Quotes by Michael Gove

Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been in real economic nirvana.

Quotes by Meredith Whitney

Do you tend to sleep in during the weekends? That usually signals that you're trying to sleep off a debt you've accumulated during the week.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

I'm the king of debt.

Quotes by Masayoshi Son

The American people reject the idea of giving Washington a blank check to increase the debt limit.

Quotes by Martha Roby

Foreign workers typically migrate to Malaysia willingly, looking for greater opportunities, but often fall into forced labor or debt bondage.

Quotes by Mark Meadows

Ultimately, multiple livelihood opportunities alone can insulate farmers in rainfed areas from the debt trap.

Quotes by M. S. Swaminathan

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.

Quotes by Lukas Foss

We all think we're going to get out of debt.

Quotes by Louie Anderson

Navient's actions have led to student borrowers needlessly carrying billions of dollars in debt, and the company must be held accountable.

Quotes by Lisa Madigan

The bailout of Fannie Mae is completely off the books. It's going to cost us hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet nobody is placing this in any type of column in accounting for federal debt.

Quotes by Leonard Lance

It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income.

Quotes by Leonard Orr

Would I advise early-stage companies against taking debt? One hundred percent yes.

Quotes by Keith Teare

The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the iPad with me to auditions.

Quotes by Katie Leclerc

Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office.

Quotes by Juan Williams

Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

Quotes by Jose Manuel Barroso

LFC is not servicing debt other than stadium debt.

Quotes by John W. Henry

We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight to the bottom line, adds to the deficit, and the deficit adds to the national debt, and sooner or later, the debt has to be paid.

Quotes by John Spratt

New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.

Quotes by John Key

In 1828 we raised the duties, on an average, to nearly fifty per cent, when the debt was on the eve of being discharged, and thereby flooded the country with a revenue, when discharged, which could not be absorbed by the most lavish expenditures.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

Quotes by John Buchan

If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?

Quotes by Jim Rogers

I'm still a fiscal conservative, and I'm inclined to pay down debt.

Quotes by Jim Flaherty

The Greek debt issue, for example, is such a threat because if that country ever defaulted, it might cause some bank that's 'too big to fail' to actually fail.

Quotes by Jerry A. Webman

Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt.

Quotes by Jennifer Dunn

I do not want America to default on its debt.

Quotes by Jeb Hensarling

Older couples bring obligations such as support payments and debt as well as decades of financial experience to a marriage.

Quotes by Jean Chatzky

Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.

Quotes by James Lankford

During his campaign, Donald J. Trump embraced the cause of fiscal responsibility and accused President Barack Obama of shackling the country with a 'mountain of debt.'

Quotes by James B. Stewart

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

Quotes by Jack Lew

Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.

Quotes by Jack Lew

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

Quotes by Jack Lew

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

Quotes by Herbert Hoover

Venture capital is debt. People don't understand that.

Quotes by Heidi Roizen

Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.

Quotes by Hank Johnson

I invested all my money in debt.

Quotes by Hamish Linklater

One of the things that Africa needs, everybody seems to agree, is some measure of debt relief.

Quotes by Gwen Ifill

President Obama has ignored or dismissed proposals that would address our anti-competitive tax code and unsustainable trajectory of federal debt - including his own bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - and submitted no plan for entitlement reform.

Quotes by Glenn Hubbard

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

Quotes by George Dennison Prentice

What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.

Quotes by George Ayittey

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

Quotes by George Ayittey

Beefs against debt collectors are consistently among the top complaints received by both the FTC and state attorneys general.

Quotes by Gary Weiss

Debt collectors should be required to disclose the applicable statute of limitations in the body of their collection letters, in bold type. While it's not illegal to dun a consumer for an old debt, it is illegal to sue for one.

Quotes by Gary Weiss

I don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt.

Quotes by Francois Hollande

The world owes an ecological debt to the African continent.

Quotes by Francois Hollande

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

Quotes by Fareed Zakaria

Wars are made to make debt.

Quotes by Ezra Pound

Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone.

Quotes by Evangelos Venizelos

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.

Quotes by Ernie Banks

I've criticized Republicans for their lack of fiscal discipline when they controlled Congress before 2007. However, that is no excuse to just continue with more of the same or, as the case is now, to make it worse. Under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's budget, we will double the national debt in five years and triple it in 10.

Quotes by Erik Paulsen

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