I think I looked up 100+ quotes on “Government and Budgets” attempting to find a fit for our current mess.  Had to go back a ways to find this little gem.

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be filled, the public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt.                                Cicero (63 B.C.)