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“notably the 1999 repeal of the US Glass–Steagall Act – allowed commercial banks to become investment banks as well. In addition to investing their…

— Robert Skidelsky

“The Federal Reserve System had been established to prevent what actually happened. It was set up to avoid a situation in which you would…

— Alan Ebenstein

The same things happen to quite an extent around the globe. I mean, the European banks were doing what the American banks were.

— Warren Buffett

When were we the most egalitarian country in the world? When we had the Glass/Steagal Act, which prevented the banks from becoming the criminal…

— Gerald Celente

We certainly had an upheaval at the start of the Great Depression, and that resulted in a lot of financial reform, but it wasn't…

— Lloyd Blankfein

Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products.

— Anonymous

The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.

— William Jennings Bryan

“Although the United States, with its unit banking laws, had thousands of bank failures, Canada, which permitted branch banking, didn't have a single failure…

— Jim Powell

In the old days it was people robbed the banks.Times have changed these days the banks rob the people

— David Hutchinson

In addition to their risky investments, the big banks have a history of breaking the law whenever it suits their purpose, which is to…

— Ron Crumpton

[The economic crisis ] gave people the option to put money into private accounts.

— George W. Bush

My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly…

— Salmon P. Chase