National Debt Quotes - Page 6

• Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

  Tony Blair

  Legacy, Debt, Economics

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• If we do our deficit spending on weapons, at least we get weapons. Then if we need weapons, we have them. If we don't need them, no harm is done.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Needs, Done, Weapons

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.175, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Free from public debt, at peace with all the world, and with no complicated interests to consult in our intercourse with foreign powers, the present may be hailed as the epoch in our history the most favorable for the settlement of those principles in our domestic policy which shall be best calculated to give stability to our Republic and secure the blessings of freedom to our citizens.

  Andrew Jackson

  Blessing, Giving, Principles

  Andrew Jackson (1837). “Messages ...: With a Short Sketch of His Life”, p.289

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