Eoin Colfer

A man in debt is so far a slave.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don’t say nothin’ ’bout the money. ‘Hi, how ya doin’? How’s ya mama doing?’ Man, how’s my money doin’?

Only debt is forever.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.

I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.

I took my power back, like, ‘Man, my financial situation don’t make me.’ I’m in debt – now what? And I’m still Ye.- Kanye West

I’m in debt. I am a true American!

It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.

Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying 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.

People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage.

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.