I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It's natural that you'd have more brains going into money management. There are so many huge incomes in money management and investment… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with. — Big Boi Copy Share Image
A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. — George Washington Copy Share Image
This crisis started probably due to the freedom they gave to the banks. First President [Ronald] Reagan and then President [Bill] Clinton.… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
They have a policy in China for their big companies called "Go abroad." It's a rational thing for both the company and… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
“The bankers and financiers are badly overplaying their hands, again, and people are starting to catch on to the scam. Real wealth… — Chris Martenson Copy Share Image
We all rely on technology to communicate, to survive, to do our banking, to shop, to get informed, but none of us… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
When you're in a commodity business, the only way to thrive is to be a low-cost producer. And when you're selling money,… — Duff McDonald Copy Share Image
We've been in the business of regional banking, and we understand what it is to make loans, and that's the engine of… — Steve Mnuchin Copy Share Image
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
It is an axiom nowadays that no bank fails for lack of capital; unprofitable lending is always the underlying cause. — James Grant Copy Share Image
“This ... he largest financial bailout in history ... was not just a bailout of SVB [Silicon Valley Bank]. It was a… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
Sound money and free banking are not impossible; they are merely illegal. — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
When I look at how the banking world has changed and at the role Chinese banks, for example, play today, Germany, as… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
Such regulations may, no doubt, be considered as in some respect a violation of natural liberty. But those exertions of the natural… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Banking now is like sending a letter: you send it, you don't know if it reached there. Ripple is more like sending… — Chris Larsen Copy Share Image
