Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. – Thomas Jefferson

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My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! – Thomas Jefferson

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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

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Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson

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With a group of bankers I always had the feeling that success was measured by the extent one gave nothing away. – Lord Longford

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