Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. – Thomas Jefferson

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. – Thomas Jefferson
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. – Thomas Jefferson
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries. – Edith Wharton