[On buying a business] Be bold. Buy as big as you can. Borrow as much as you can. And then work the asset as hard as you can.

I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts,

I had plastic surgery last week. I cut up my credit cards.

I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

Good times are when people make debts to pay in bad times.

Debt is the slavery of the free.

If you want the time to pass quickly, just give a banker your note for 90 days.

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

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

To preserve their independence, we must not let our rules load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.