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Rutherford B. Hayes

"Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times."

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"Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times."

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Amber Hurdle

"I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's going to have to find a way to get on the agenda."

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"Our ministry is debt free and we have not had to beg or plead for finances."

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"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt."

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"Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try."

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Amber Hurdle

"Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver."

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"First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too."

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Amber Hurdle

"We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight to the bottom line, adds to the deficit, and the deficit adds to the national debt, and sooner or later, the debt has to be paid."

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Amber Hurdle

"I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with."

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Amber Hurdle

"If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty."

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Amber Hurdle

"I can tell you this, if it wasn't for my book royalties, I'd be in debt."

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"Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority."
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"To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible."
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