Bankers Quote by Cynthia McKinney

A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Lending dollars to the U.S. government is essentially riskless because the U.S. government can always pay such debts. If necessary, the Federal Reserve can…

— Anat Admati

In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not…

— Peter Thiel

At some point, the dollar has to give. You can't just keep printing money, and monetizing debt, and buying bonds, without the dollar imploding.

— Peter Schiff

Money is not something you just print. It must be backed by something, either good economy or gold.

— Mahathir Mohamad

If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because…

— Garet Garrett

No government proposal more complicated than "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" ever works.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Printing money creates inflation, which weakens an economy. Unfortunately, this kind of common-sense thinking never seems to penetrate academic circles.

— Peter Schiff

Governments create money and spend it into the economy by running budget deficits. The paper currency in your pocket is technically a government debt.

— Michael Hudson

Investment bankers do much of their business underwriting government bonds, in the United States and abroad. Therefore, they have a vested interest in promoting…

— Murray Rothbard

But the basic principle that we’re going to have to see some of this debt written down, that the government is going to have…

— Barack Obama

I don't mind the government accruing debts as long as every dollar is spent effectively with a high return. That works out fine. If…

— Jeremy Grantham