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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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk. – Bertolt Brecht

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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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Most people…find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets. – Howard Davies

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A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. – Mark Twain

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