Ernest F. Hollings

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.”

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

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

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

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