Banking Quote by Gabriel Kolko

The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of…

— Martin Van Buren

By the 1890s, the leading Wall Street bankers were becoming increasingly disgruntled with their own creation, the National Banking System... while the banking system…

— Murray Rothbard

We survived for hundreds of years under the old banking structure. You'd have clearing banks, then merchant banks doing the racy stuff, and then…

— Theo Paphitis

The financial interdependence of the world's banks is like the interlocking alliances that predated World War I.

— Dick Morris

One of the big problems we had during the financial crisis was the intermingling of banks and holding companies and complex securities.

— Steve Mnuchin

“I think decentralized finance and traditional banking are going to experience a kind of hybridization within the next few decades; a blending together that…

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“The truth is that banks are the last feudal kingdoms, their rulers omnipotent, divine warlords. Their key lieutenants are 'ronin' (wandering mercenary samurai) who…

— Satyajit Das

What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

— Bertolt Brecht

As the world has become more predatory and aggressive, my impression is that the investment banking business has moved from being relationship-oriented to being…

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government, and some…

— Carroll Quigley

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