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“Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery.”

Facts Mystery Office Bigger Debt Justify Logical Deficit

Author:Jonah Goldberg

“There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still.”

Stills Left Debt Scotland Verbs Scotch Scots Irreparable Irregular Verbs

Author:Ivor Cutler

“He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well.”

Wells House Lost Business Debt Finance Silver Betting Roulette Sherry

Author:Boris Johnson

“I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.”

Way Feels Matter Turns Business No Matter What Bills Debt Finance These Days Flamingos

Book:The secret world of the Irish male

Source: The secret world of the Irish male

“Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.”

Giving Business Five British Debt Finance

Author:John Major

“Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts.”

People Should Business Pay Debt Finance

Author:Julius Nyerere

“A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.”

May Business Debt Finance Decay

Book:No Longer at Ease

Source: No Longer at Ease

“What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental property, office building, condo - does not cover the debt incurred to buy the asset. So you depend on a greater fool, if you will, to come in and buy at a higher price.”

Ifs Kind Doe Greater Building Fool Depends Higher Office Flow Property Debt Assets Cash Bubbles Inflation Cash Flow Office Buildings

Author:James Chanos

“Pull in your belt, spend less, and reduce debt.”

Author:Ray Dalio

“There is slow growth, but it is positive slow growth. At the same time, ratios of debt-to-incomes go down. That's a beautiful deleveraging.”

Beautiful Growth Debt Income Ratios Slow Growth

Author:Ray Dalio

“A beautiful deleveraging balances the three options. In other words, there is a certain amount of austerity, there is a certain amount of debt restructuring, and there is a certain amount of printing of money. When done in the right mix, it isn't dramatic.”

Done Beautiful Certain Three Amount Balance Debt Dramatic Printing Austerity Restructuring

Author:Ray Dalio

“King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.”

Heaven Keys Return Kings England Towns Debt Kingdoms France Settling Dukes Maidens Keys To The Kingdom

Author:Joan of Arc

“I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but the Republicans understand the problem of excessive debt better than Mr. Obama, who basically doesn't care about piling up debt.”

Thinking States Problem Would Be Care United United States Republican Debt Disaster Romney

Author:Marc Faber

“My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films.”

Country Dream Film House One Day Married England Debt Shore Wipe Good Films Country Houses

Author:Matthew William Goode

“I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't a country in the world even close to America.”

World Country America Position Trade Debt Assets

Author:Chuck Hagel

“I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle against financial excesses, those who speculate with sovereign debt, those who develop financial products which have done so much harm.”

Want Done Order Struggle Trouble Crazy Products Financial Debt Harm Excess Sovereign Norm

Author:Francois Hollande

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

Needs Seems Agree Debt Relief

Author:Gwen Ifill

“Growing up, books were my lifeline, and I owe a debt to those writers that can never be repaid. They saved my sanity and gave me a world I could escape to. If I can pay that forward to another person, that's all I ask.”

Ifs World Persons I Can Book Asks Pay Growing Up Growing Debt Saved Sanity Lifelines

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Being of no power to make his wishes good: His promises fly so beyond his state That what he speaks is all in debt; he owes For every word.”

States Speak Wish Promise Debt

Book:The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare

Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare

“Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest.”

Children Government Today Interest Born Generations Amount Our Children Debt Federal Government New Generation Creditors

Author:Mark Kirk

“Right now, a majority of the debt is owed to foreign interests, Japan being the largest purchaser of government debt today, soon to be surpassed by China as the number one purchaser of our debt in this Nation.”

Government Today Nations Interest Numbers Right Now Majority China Debt Japan Purchasers Government Debt

Author:Ron Kind