You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
[Ben Carson] critics say that your inexperience shows. You've suggested that the Baltic States are not a part of NATO, you were… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There are congressmen in our congregation, judges, federal reserve governors. And there are also people who are homeless and some who are… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve has always recognized the importance of allowing markets to work, and government oversight of financial firms will never be… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve Act as it stands seems to me to open the way to a vast inflation of the currency. I… — Henry Cabot Lodge Copy Share Image
The reason most people don't express their individuality and actually deny it, is not fear of what prime ministers think of us… — David Icke Copy Share Image
Transparency concerning the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy is desirable because better public understanding enhances the effectiveness of policy. More important,… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
First reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution, because we… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“[Hyperinflation is] not going to happen in this country, will never happen... [The Fed putting so much money into the system is]… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The American people have no idea they are paying the bill. They know that someone is stealing their hubcaps, but they think… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The Fed cannot reduce inequality on its own; far from it. This requires a concerted effort by the government, broadly speaking, to… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
The stock market crashed in October 1929. But that was not the cause of what caused the Great Depression. It was, in… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Lending dollars to the U.S. government is essentially riskless because the U.S. government can always pay such debts. If necessary, the Federal… — Anat Admati Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve system obviously doesn't work anymore - they keep lowering the federal discount rate, and all that happens is that… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“President John F. Kennedy, like Lincoln, attempted to curtail the bankers by diminishing the power of the Federal Reserve. In June 1963,… — Jim Marrs Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve was forced to raise rates at a record pace after the demand shock created by Biden's multi-trillion-dollar spending packages… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve's objectives of maximum employment and price stability do not, by themselves, ensure a strong pace of economic growth or… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“Can social progress be made without government? It's like saying 'can happiness be achieved without the initiation of violence? Can romance be… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve is one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever seen. There is not a man within the… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
The reason I am so negative about the Federal Reserve's policies is that they only target core inflation and argue that they… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
“Sneaky and underhanded, the Federal Reserve has been sucking the life blood out of the United States since 1913. Like a black… — Jim McCarthy Copy Share Image
I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
[We are] no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“since the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve almost a century ago, we have printed roughly $800 billion from 1913 to 2007.… — Robert A. Wiedemer Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve can only buy Treasuries and agencies, and moreover quantitative easing typically involves buying longer-term Treasuries and agencies in terms… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
There are few historians who would challenge the fact that the funding of World War I, World War II, the Korean War,… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The myth is that if housing prices go up, Americans will be richer. What banks - and behind them, the Federal Reserve… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Unlike the days of the gold standard, it is impossible for the Federal Reserve to go bankrupt; it holds the legal monopoly… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve ranks among the most transparent central banks. We publish a summary of our balance sheet every week. Our financial… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
I think I understand the Constitution a little bit because in 1971 we went off the gold standard under President Nixon into… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
If Congress wanted to intervene with the Federal Reserve, well, we created the Federal Reserve. We could uncreate it. But would you… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
Even when [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke said the recession was over ... you think that would have been a bigger boom… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing more important than literary merit, and that’s why I not only created an award—the Julius Caesar Author of the Year… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Every Congressman, every Senator knows precisely what causes inflation... but can't, [won't] support the drastic reforms to stop it [repeal of the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Security is constantly evolving. Some Federal Reserve officials have talked about using a variant of the blockchain methodology pioneered by the cryptocurrency… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image