A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.
Source: In Macmillan Dictionary of Quoatations, by John Daintith, 1989.
-- Andrew Mellon, (Mar 24 1855-1937), US financier, philanthropist; He was Secretary of Treasury, 1921-32; ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33; endowed Washington's National Art Gallery.