“Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone...” — Jack Lew Quote

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

We obviously would like to get unemployment as low as we possibly can.

I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

Social Security is something that we need to deal with, because people who are working today, who will retire in the future, people who are retired today, they have a right - and it's part of the compact that they can depend on their benefits. We should fix the long-term funding problem of Social Security because that's the right thing to do.

The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And the brutality of the Assad regime is unacceptable.

Our nation truly owes a debt of gratitude to all who have served and sacrificed on behalf of this great country.

My cup runneth over when it comes to what the game has given to me, so I am forever in debt in trying to repay the game.

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations.

Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds.

If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.