Bank-quotes Quote by Mwanandeke Kindembo

“People cherish a democratic nation that values decentralisation, accountability and transparency. Yet, few show concern, or no concern at all, about a centralised banking…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a monied aristocracy that has set…

— Mark Goodwin

“If the people of this nation understood our banking and monetary system, I believe there would be a revolution tomorrow morning.”

— Salman Rushdie

“The rich run a global system that allows them to accumulate capital and pay the lowest possible price for labour. The freedom that results…

— Charles Moore

“If our government tries to back the banks instead of us, then we elect a different government. We pretend that democracy is real, and…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the…

— Frank Herbert

The country is headed toward a single and splendid government of an aristocracy founded on banking institutions and moneyed incorporations and if this tendency…

— Thomas Jefferson

“I sincerely believe the banking institutions having the issuing power of money, are more dangerous to liberty than standing armies.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Everything predicted by the enemies of banks, in the beginning, is now coming to pass. We are to be ruined now by the deluge…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse…

— Allen West

“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t…

— Thomas L. Friedman