This collection holds 333 deficit quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Dick Cheney, Ed Balls and Monica Lewinsky.

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I am a deficit hawk.

The national deficit is not rising.

Online we have a compassion deficit

We have a deficit of wonder right now.

There's no such thing as a trade deficit.

The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die.

Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.

We must create wealth and we must cut our deficits.

Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.

Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased.

Infrastructure deficit is an issue in all urban areas.

The deficit is the symptom, but spending is the disease.

Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.

During the Brexit campaign there was a deficit of outrage.

Social Security has not contributed to the deficit problem.

It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder.

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.

India's trade deficit is because of excess of import over exports.

There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will.

The single greatest force for deficit reduction is a growing economy.

It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit.

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

A wisdom deficit - fewer elders and even fewer people who listen to them.

The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.

We want to make sure that tax reform doesn't increase the size of the deficit.

The habit of disguising ideology as expertise has created a deficit of legitimacy.

Comprehensive immigration reform would reduce the deficit and help grow the economy.

Our phones have created what I like to call SADD - Social Attention Deficit Disorder.

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.

We wanted to be certain they didn't have a bigger deficit, and Kennedy agreed with me.

Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.

Deficit, deficit, deficit. The political and media elites are obsessed with the D-word.

I was a classic attention deficit disorder kid, always bored and mouthing off at school.

The biggest problem with the deficit is programs that are unconstitutional and wasteful.

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me.

I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.

We're in a trade war. We've been in a trade war for decades. That's why we have the deficit.

Ronald Reagan felt very great regret about the deficits to which he contributed on his watch.

One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.

Every dollar a foreigner spends over here directly subtracts a dollar from the trade deficit.

America must reduce its fiscal deficit, modernize its infrastructure, and improve its schools.

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.

Tax reform shouldn't add one penny to our deficit or to the tax bills of middle-class Americans.

It's going to be true that anything that reduces the federal deficit will have somebody unhappy.

Only one thing can save this country, and that's to get a handle on this deficit and debt issue.

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