The case against a fully independent central bank is strong indeed. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. — Robert W. Hemphill Copy Share Image
Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin... Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them but leave them the… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
The Central Bank has a lot to handle and it is best not to interfere with its competence. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
In fact, some leaders come right out and say it. Mario Draghi the president of the European Central Bank had an interview… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing. — William Paterson Copy Share Image
The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If all the bank loans were paid, no one could have a bank deposit, and there would not be a dollar of… — Robert W. Hemphill Copy Share Image
For a small open economy that trades mostly with the euro zone it makes absolute sense to be part of the currency… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
Look at Ukraine. Its currency, the hernia, is plunging. The euro is really in a problem. Greece is problematic as to whether… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Finance ministers and central bank governors have the seats at the table, not labor unions or labor ministers. Finance ministers and central… — Joseph Stiglitz 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
In the U.A.E. we were the least-regulated environment in the region, and over time we are seeing more and more regulation coming… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Copy Share Image
“Interventionism inevitably leads to socialism, central banking inevitably leads to hyperinflation, total cashlessness inevitably leads to total surveillance, and "guaranteed income" inevitably… — Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski Copy Share Image
Meyer [sic] Amschel Rothschild, who founded the great international banking house of Rothschild which, through its affiliation with the European Central Banks,… — Mayer Amschel Rothschild Copy Share Image
There's only one thing that all of the central banks control and that is the base, their own liability, and they can… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of our ever-changing economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
We looked into the abyss if the gold price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several trading… — Eddie George Copy Share Image
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
There is a well-established conviction that the central banks always do what is necessary to keep the system going and then afterwards… — George Soros 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… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you own gold you're fighting every central bank in the world. That's because gold is a currency that competes with government… — James Rickards Copy Share Image