The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing…

There could be some compromise, but I think we have to stick to the provisions of the treaty, and the provisions of the treaty…

— Jacques Santer

More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course — it is just more printed paper. Otherwise, why is it that there are…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

I know very well about the necessary level of reserves of the Central Bank as well as the purpose.

— Vladimir Putin

To cover the fact that a central bank is merely a cartel which has been legalized, its proponents had to lay down a thick…

— G. Edward Griffin

We can tell the general public that the gold and foreign currency reserves of the Central Bank are not designed to finance the economy,…

— Vladimir Putin

There are five main purposes of central bank cooperation"..."the provision of international credits and joint efforts to influence asset prices (especially gold and foreign…

— William Smith White

Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates.

— Alex Berenson

What central banks can control is a base and one way they can control the base is via manipulating a particular interest rate, such…

— Milton Friedman

Central banks are choosing to increase their gold holdings as a percentage of total reserves. They obviously think there is a reason to do…

— Peter Schiff

It is clear to me that the financial sector, including CNBC, loves central banks

— Marc Faber

We are privileged that the dollar is the "currency of last resort" and the most important currency in the world. Global commodities are priced…

— Kabir Sehgal

By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed countries that issue bonds…

— George Soros

Welcome to the age of paper money, where governments and central banks can manufacture as much money as they want without limit. Gold was…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

Repeal the entire Banking Act of 1933, and Austrian School economists will cheer, especially if the current system were replaced by a 100%-reserve competitive…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

The central banks cannot control interest rates. That's a mistake. They can control a particular rate, such as the Federal Funds rate, if they…

— Milton Friedman