Banks Quote by Elizabeth Warren

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

If the big banks expect to buy influence when they give money to favored think tanks, then the public has a right to know.…

— Elizabeth Warren

After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5…

— Bernie Sanders

“Banks do not create money for the public good. They are businesses owned by private shareholders. Their purpose is to make a profit.”

— John Rogers

Political scientists don't work at banks which is a problem. As political issues become more important for the markets, analysts at banks are asked…

— Ian Bremmer

“This was classic regulatory arbitrage. Bank managers were not unaware of the risks they courted. Wall Street has simply never kowtowed to regulations that…

— Danielle DiMartino Booth

Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of…

— Ayn Rand

It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might…

— Prince Andrew

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

— Barack Obama

Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get…

— Michael Moore

The problems that exist on Wall Street today go to the center of a debate in this country about wealth and democracy. We cannot…

— Dennis Kucinich

Our legislators have become a set of "whores" open to the highest bidders. The problem is that if we try to limit lobbying, we…

— Philip Kotler