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Bank Quotes

Banks used to issue their own currencies. You can see these old banknotes in the Smithsonian. ‘First National Bank of South Bumfuck will remit ten pork bellies to the bearer,’ or whatever. That had to stop because commerce became nonlocal—you needed to be able to take your money with you when you went out West, or whatever." "But if we’re online, the whole world is local," Randy says. Neal Stephenson
Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens? Alan King
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies."
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson
Allen Ginsberg quote: "Banks burn, boys die bullet-eyed, mothers scream realization..."
Banks burn, boys die bullet-eyed, mothers scream realization the vast tonnage of napalm Allen Ginsberg
Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered. Rahm Emanuel
J. Edgar Hoover quote: "Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element..."
Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. J. Edgar Hoover
Michelle Malkin quote: "Bank of America is to sweetheart loans and Democratic Party..."
Bank of America is to sweetheart loans and Democratic Party payoffs as Paula Deen is to sugar and bacon grease. Michelle Malkin
Josiah Stamp quote: "Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin."
Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin. Josiah Stamp
Banks properly established and conducted are highly useful to the business of the country, and will doubtless continue to exist in the States so long as they conform to their laws and are found to be safe and beneficial. Martin Van Buren
Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States. Jerzy Kosinski
Ronald Biggs quote: "Banks' beer. There's nothing like it! To Brazil. And to..."
Banks' beer. There's nothing like it! To Brazil. And to Barbados justice. Ronald Biggs
Dan Quayle quote: "Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit..."
Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement. Dan Quayle
Sure, cried the tenant men, but it’s our land…We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it’s no good, it’s still ours…. That’s what makes ownership, not a paper with numbers on it." "We’re sorry. It’s not us. It’s the monster. The bank isn’t like a man." "Yes, but the bank is only made of men." "No, you’re wrong there—quite wrong there. The bank is something else than men. It happens that every man in a bank hates what the bank does, and yet the bank does it. The... John Steinbeck
The central bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the Principles and form of our Constitution. I am an Enemy to all banks discounting bills or notes for anything but Coin. If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the People of all their Property until their Children will wake up homeless on the continent... Thomas Jefferson
And so it can be very much in the interest of bank A to sell-short bank B shares, or buy CDSes on bank B, because they have exposure to bank B. It's the responsible thing to do as a fiduciary, and yet if everyone does it at the same time, it's destabilizing because everyone is selling. James Chanos

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