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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.

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...

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...

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

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.