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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.

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...

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

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.