James K. Polk: Frugal Government

James K. Polk Money Quote saying frugality with public monies is the responsibility of the President and should be enforced by Congress. James K. Polk said:
 

 

“Ours was intended to be a plain and frugal government, and I shall regard it to be my duty to recommend to Congress and, as far as the Executive is concerned, to enforce by all the means within my power the strictest economy in the expenditure of the public money which may be compatible with the public interests” — James K. Polk

 
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Chester A. Arthur on Measure of Tax Evil

Chester A. Arthur Money Quotation saying taxation hurts those who make the least more, so they feel it more. Chester A. Arthur said:

The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it — Chester A. Arthur

Keith Davis: Allocating Budget Expenditures

Funny Money Quotes: Running out of budget can be rationalized by claiming the money wasn’t properly allocated by failing to foresee this very shortfall. Keith Davis said:

We didn’t actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure

— Keith Davis

Charles Dickens: Annual Income Emotions

Charles Dickens Money Quotation saying that if you spend less than you earn you’ll be happy, regardless of how much you earn. Dickens said:

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery — Charles Dickens in David Copperfield