Bob Dole Quotes

Let’s make this the year where we are either going to get rid of the deficit or get rid of the idea that we are going to get rid of the deficit..

The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.

A long term tax cut is not a tax cut at all unless it is accompanied by a spending cut.

Tonight, I come before you to announce that the federal deficit, once so incomprehensibly large that it had eleven zeroes, will be, simply zero.

We must get rid of deficit spending which finances the political schemes of today by mortgaging the future of tomorrow.

Let us have the courage to stop borrowing to meet continuing deficits. Revenues must cover expenditures by one means or another. Any government, like any family, can, for a year, spend a little more than it earns. But you know and I know that a continuation of the habit means the poor house.

We all have to sacrifice to reduce the debt, but we can’t sacrifice our future.

The era of deficit denial is over

We give lip service to the importance of deficit reduction, but Americans oppose every single thing that you might do to reduce the deficit.

The first order of business is the elimination of the annual deficit.

We still have a major problem in debt with America that we have to find efficiencies in government to get us back to a balanced budget.

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years.

We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts.

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending.

I am a deficit hawk.

While the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes.

When Mr. Obama entered office, he said all the right things about getting Washington spending under control. He even promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. Obviously, that didn't happen.

My opponent Senator Menendez and his colleagues are pursuing what I consider a Jon Corzine economic policy. Higher taxes, more spending, more debt.

The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to propose one.

The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of the disease.

The best thing to hold down spending is to have a Democratic President and a Republican Congress.

I personally do not worship at the alter of a balanced budget.

The best way for the Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes—not by resorting to loans, but by keeping out of debt.

I want the government to pinch pennies for a change instead of American families.

You just don't see people running through the streets to have the deficit cut.