Quote by James Rickards

“Government is a tool of the bankers.”

— Anonymous

“The worst day-to-day operators of businesses are bankers.”

— Studs Terkel

I think that when we talk about the regulators and the politicians, the economic consequences of bad decisions back in '08, you know, were…

— Hillary Clinton

“People who understand banks got it into the position it is in now,”

— Terry Pratchett

It's not enough say, "Look, bankers were immensely greedy and that they committed lots of frauds." I mean, that's not, they were set free,…

— Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky

Apparently modern financial regulators are vastly more sophisticated than we were as financial regulators 25 years ago - because we had never figured out…

— William K. Black

“The systems within our organizations continue to churn out disparities and inequities, and all too often, those charged with fixing the problem look to…

— Sara Taylor

Bankers, they're not harmed by their mistakes. They benefit when things go right, and the society pays the price.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“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

“It is strange to me that most people assume companies will be imperfect (as they are), but they assume that government agencies will be…

— Matt Ridley

“Inaccurate estimates are a failure of information, not of values or principles. If the numbers are wrong, fix the numbers and communicate the consequences.”

— Kent Beck

I think it is asking a lot for regulators to be perfect - because they won't be.

— Henry Paulson