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Debt Quotes

Lines on borrowing, risk, and recovery.

These quotes treat debt as a serious force in both personal and national life, echoing an old warning that unchecked debt can undermine governments as surely as war. A related economic reflection appears in our Debt Ceiling quotes.

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

Other lines argue that budget discipline is essential to long-term financial health, while low-income households still need fair access to everyday credit. See also our Debtor and Debtors pages.