A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.
Nelson A. Miles

A church debt is the devil's salary.
Henry Ward Beecher

A man in debt is so far a slave.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
Alexander Hamilton

A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Robert Service

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
Ralph W. Sockman

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.
Eliot Engel

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.
Allen Boyd

Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt.
Jennifer Dunn

And it's also producing a growth in debt to the United States that will weight very heavily in a country that has to address issues like having more old people to be covered by Social Security or by pension in the future.
Rodrigo Rato

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.
Lukas Foss

Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government.
Robert Toombs

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

But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
Euripides

Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.
Susan George

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
Wendell Phillips

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
Ambrose Bierce

Education: A debt due from present to future generations.
George Peabody

Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.
Kenneth Clarke