financial responsibility quotes

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Millions of Americans and people around the world, especially young people who face intense financial challenges today, haven’t been taught how to take control of their financial future.

I don’t want to spend money the club doesn’t have; I don’t want to hold a player that doesn’t want to stay.

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

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

I believe – we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.

Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.

We are not spending the Federal Government’s money, we are spending the taxpayer’s money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money’s worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.

You know people talk about federal money as if it falls from heaven. You know we thank heaven for it, but it came out of people’s pockets – and I’ve driven all over Washington, D.C., I cannot find the money tree.

Taxpayers have long memories, especially when it comes to how their hard-earned money is spent.

A person who can’t pay gets another person who can’t pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don’t make either of them able to do a walking-match.