Ernest F. Hollings

“Instead of a balanced budget, we have a balanced budget amendment.”

“Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.”

“I never caucused with the A.D.A. I'm a D.D.A. - a 'don't do anything' Democrat.”

“The Japanese are all sitting behind their computers in their little rabbit hutches, not buying anything.”

“We can pay the bill, but we can't afford the cover charge.”

“You can't get rid of the deficit by raising taxes. It's like trying to fill a bathtub with a thimble while the drain is open.”

“The first thing I do every morning is read the obituaries.”

“There's no education in the second kick of a mule.”

“Everybody's got to be for a balanced budget. That's like being for motherhood and apple pie.”

“The best stimulus for the economy is a job.”