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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
- Debt Ceiling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The debt ceiling is not something to toy with.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my min,d there is arguably a greater risk of a default on the debt of a U.S. state than there is on the debt of a euro-area member. I consider it unthinkable that a euro-area country would default.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of leading by example, I returned 5 percent of my paycheck every month to pay down the debt.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teach her story to future generations, and at least the moral debt owed to Jean McConville can be repaid. Jean McConville. Jean McConville. Jean McConville.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020