A Quote by Paul Krugman

[I]n America, at least, we have a pretty good record for behaving in a fiscally responsible fashion, with one exception - namely, the fiscal irresponsibility that prevails when, and only when, hard-line conservatives are in power.

Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman
American - Economist
Born: February 28, 1953

Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I believe that fiscal responsibility is the way to create prosperity for America and secure the retirement of America's seniors.

Blanche Lincoln

Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.

Gale Anne Hurd

Film-making is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.

Gale Anne Hurd

I represent an emerging group of leaders within the Jewish community who are conservatives; not just fiscal conservatives, but social conservatives as well.

Adam Hasner

And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance these additional support for the unemployed as well as the support for small business. We think there's a good case for doing it now. We want to do it in an overall fiscally responsible way.

Timothy Geithner

There are libertarian conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and social conservatives. I feel conservative in terms of limited government, individual responsibility, self-sufficiency - that sort of thing.

Ted Olson

Apparently the only people who are supposed to be responsible are the taxpayers - and they are increasingly made responsible for other people's irresponsibility.

Thomas Sowell

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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E. J. Dionne

Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.

Mae West

Too many girls follow the line of least resistance but a good line is hard to resist.

Raoul Walsh

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George Lakoff

If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement.

Rene Descartes

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Viggo Mortensen

I grew up hardcore. I learned to be more responsible - and fiscally responsible - you know, I just wanna be a kid again! Do a musical, have tons of time or something.

Lee Daniels

He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.

Socrates

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