“Obama does not need to worry as much as past Democratic presidents about being labeled soft on national security - not after giving the order that led to the assassination of Osama bin Laden. No, his biggest concern is being labeled tone deaf on joblessness and debt.” NeedsGivingDoePastOrderPresidentWorrySecurityConcernDemocraticDebtToneNational SecurityJoblessnessDeafBin LadenAssassinationOsama Bin Laden Author:Ron Fournier
“The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man's work can earn, must bring to its recipient a most solemn sense of his debt to his fellow scientists and those of the past.” MenLongPastHighestScientistFellowsRewardsDebtPrizeSolemnNobelNobel Prize Author:Edward Mills Purcell
“Judaism for me is a sensibility of collective self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling. I feel a debt of responsibility to this past. It is why I am Jewish.” FeelsSelfPastResponsibilityDebtUncomfortableTelling The TruthCollectivesQuestioningSensibilityJudaismSelf Questioning Book:The Memory Chalet Source: The Memory Chalet
“Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been in real economic nirvana.” YearsHas BeensRealPastEconomicDebtOutstanding Author:Meredith Whitney
“Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates were secured by increasing the bonded debt for current expenses or refusing to keep our institutions up to the standard in repairs, extensions, equipment, and accommodations. I refuse, and the Republican Party refuses, to endorse that method of sham and shoddy economy.” GovernmentPastFoundPartyEconomyRepublicanTaxesLowsStandardsEconomicsMethodInstitutionsRateCurrentsRefuseDebtExpensesExtensionsRepublican PartyEquipmentBargainsSampleSecuredAccommodations Author:Calvin Coolidge