After the 1929 crash, the Federal Reserve mistakenly focused its policies on preserving the gold value of the dollar rather than on… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
“The Federal Reserve and other central banks could print more money only if they managed to get their hands on more gold.” — Nathaniel Popper Copy Share Image
Prices are going up. Unemployment continues to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Market forces will one day crush the Federal Reserve. One day, the market forces will reverse. — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
Prices are going up. Unemployment is continue to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
The Depression, which started in 1929 was rather mild from 1929 to 1930. And, indeed, in my opinion would have been over… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
We have, in this country, one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve, like other central banks, wields powerful tools; democratic accountability requires that the public be able to see how and… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, all the regulator agencies - if there's a problem of the financial mechanism in society, the only… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The reason inflation was brought down to manageable levels, by the time of Ronald Reagan's re-election, was directly attributable to Jimmy Carter's… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
“Fletcher Von Pein was one of the twelve founders of the Omega Agency. He was also a powerful banker and a majority… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
“Before Volcker’s speech, bonds had been conservative investments, into which investors put their savings when they didn’t fancy a gamble in the… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing did more to spur the boom in stocks than the decision made by the New York Federal Reserve bank, in the… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
Some people think the Federal Reserve Banks are US government institutions. They are not... they are private credit monopolies which prey upon… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
There's been a coup, have you heard? It's the CIA coup. The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
So: if the chronic inflation undergone by Americans, and in almost every other country, is caused by the continuing creation of new… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Perhaps more to the point for TBTF (Too Big To Fail bank), if a SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) does fail I… — Jeremy C. Stein Copy Share Image
“More intriguingly, in poll after poll, when Americans are asked what public institutions they most respect, three bodies are always at the… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
And who can suffer injury by just taxation, impartial laws and the application of the Jeffersonian doctrine of equal rights to all… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
In 2005, attorneys general of 35 states urged the Federal Reserve to end the unsigned check system. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve seeks to support MDIs in a number of ways, including our Partnership for Progress, our program for outreach and… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve... is in the position of the chaperone who has ordered the punch bowl removed just when the party was… — William McChesney Martin Copy Share Image
The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the… — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
There is no entity in the world that controls our lives more than the Federal Reserve System — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
What's funny is, we don't have to pay federal taxes. It's imposed on us because America is in so much damn debt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve System is not Federal; it has no reserves; and it is not a system at all, but rather, a… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
The drive . . . is to create a one world government ... Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am… — Larry McDonald Copy Share Image
[On reporters trying to cajole a smile from her husband, Alan Greenspan:] For a Federal Reserve chairman, that was a smile. — Andrea Mitchell Copy Share Image
We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the… — Rodrigo Rato Copy Share Image
As the dollar's exchange value declines, so will the value of dollar-denominated financial instruments, regardless of how many bonds the Federal Reserve… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image