Bail Quote by Elizabeth Warren

My view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks.

— Spencer Bachus

The financial crisis was linked to the fact that banks had excessive leverage and too many risky assets. The solution is not to try…

— John Paulson

This crisis started probably due to the freedom they gave to the banks. First President [Ronald] Reagan and then President [Bill] Clinton. So, for…

— Costa-Gavras

“The Federal Reserve System had been established to prevent what actually happened. It was set up to avoid a situation in which you would…

— Alan Ebenstein

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

— Jamie Dimon

The bold effort the present (central) bank had made to control the government ... are but premonitions of the fate that await the American…

— Andrew Jackson

You could argue the banks are much better capitalised than they were going into the crisis, and everyone's in a much more vigilant state…

— Michael Lewis

If Americans are frustrated with Congress, imagine their frustration with a group of international bank officials running our ecomomy-bankers who may not have as…

— Oliver DeMille

When the Federal Reserve Act was passed, the people of these United States did not perceive that a world banking system was being set…

— Louis Thomas McFadden

Throughout the 19th century, when there was a laissez-faire mentality and insufficient regulation, you had one crisis after another. Each crisis brought about some…

— George Soros

The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up…

— Robert Zoellick

And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are…

— Anonymous