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> [The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/the-business-of-a-bank-is-to-lend-money-which-amounts-nowadays-to/)

[John Buchanan Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-buchanan-robinson/)

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## More by John Buchanan Robinson

> [You are forever alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/you-are-forever-alone/)

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> [Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/paper-currency-has-hitherto-been-regarded-with-suspicion-as-insecure/)

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> [There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/there-is-no-other-who-experiences-your-thoughts-or-your-feelings/)

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> [But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/but-the-egoist-has-no-ideals-for-the-knowledge-that-his-ideals-are/)

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> [It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/it-is-often-said-by-reformers-that-government-should-be-conducted/)

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> [Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/accordingly-when-the-supply-of-gold-runs-short-the-security-behind/)

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> [The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/the-egoist-is-fooled-by-no-ideals-he-discards-them-or-uses-them-as/)

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> [In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/in-brief-egoism-in-its-modern-interpretation-is-the-antithesis-not-of/)

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> [According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/according-to-your-sympathy-you-will-take-pleasure-in-your-own/)

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> [The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/the-business-of-a-bank-is-to-lend-money-which-amounts-nowadays-to/)

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> [When not only gold but all commodities are available for the redemption of the paper currency, its volume is limited only by the value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/when-not-only-gold-but-all-commodities-are-available-for-the/)

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> [But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/but-egoism-is-more-than-this-it-is-the-realization-by-the-individual/)

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> [There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/there-is-never-enough-gold-to-redeem-all-the-currency-in-circulation/)

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> [At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/at-present-financial-crises-occur-chiefly-because-the-paper-currency/)

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> [In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buchanan-robinson/in-precisely-the-same-way-money-is-often-hired-and-the-hire-paid-for/)

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