“America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen.” ShouldFactsAmericaPoliticalNationsPayFootballHonorVoteRaisesBillsSurpriseDebtObligationCharlieCeilingsPredictableRantDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt ceiling. People think it's authorizing new spending. The debt ceiling doesn't authorize new spending; it allows us to pay obligations already incurred.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldAsksPayPercentHundredBillsDebtSpendingSignificantObligationMisunderstandingCeilingsGlass CeilingDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“Let's adopt some short-term strategies to get growth going and then let's have a long-term debt reduction package. That's what I think we should do and I think it will work.” ThinkingShouldLongGrowthTermStrategyDebtLong TermPackagesShort TermReduction Author:William J. Clinton
“The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also the most terrible and inhuman. The rude, fierce settler who drives the savage from the land lays all civilized mankind under a debt to him. ...[I]t is of incalculable importance that America, Australia, and Siberia should pass out of the hands of their red, black, and yellow aboriginal owners, and become the heritage of the dominant world races.” WorldShouldWarHandsAmericaBlackRaceLandMankindTerribleRedImportanceLaysDebtAustraliaOwnersCivilizedHeritageYellowRighteousFierceSavagesDominantRudeInhumanAboriginalSettlersSiberia Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank notes, and thus disturbing the business of the country.” ShouldCountryInterestMoneyEconomicsConstitutionNotesRateDebtAccomplishedCompellingDisturbingWithdrawalNational Debt Book:Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition Source: Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition