Abstract Quote by John Lanchester

We don't have the necessary laws or powers to deal with failing non-bank institutions. If they're a big bank, the depositor has deposit insurance,…

— Henry Paulson

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

— Dan Quayle

The federal [bank deposit] insurance scheme has worked up to now simply and solely because there have been very few bank failures. The next…

— H. L. Mencken

Our whole system of banks is a violation of every honest principle of banks. There is no honest bank but a bank of deposit.…

— John Adams

From the beginning of time, we've had financial crises. People always blame the banks and for good reason. When you look for the root…

— Henry Paulson

Banks get in trouble for one reason: They make bad loans.

— Carl Webb

People get into debt head over heels because banks make it so easy to do so. Then the banks come along and act like…

— Jonathan Raymond

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

— J. Edgar Hoover

Banks aren't neutral observers, they're ... the people who caused the mess. It's like someone who's wet themselves in a public building insisting they…

— Mark Steel

We need the government to force the banks to write down all their bad assets now and then recapitalize themselves, preferably with private capital.…

— Steve Eisman

Banks lend out money they don't have and then you pay them more back..Interesting there is not more people that thinks this is bull!

— Ratedmusic

Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for them to be liable…

— Frank Abagnale