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“In fact this is precisely the logic on which the Bank of Englandthe first successful modern central bankwas originally founded. In 1694, a consortium of English bankers made a loan of 1,200,000 to ...”
“When you need to borrow money the Mob seems like a better deal I think. 'You don't pay me back I break both yer legs.' Is that all? You won't take my house or wreck my credit rating? Fine where do ...”
“...If you look at mainstream economics there are three things you will not find in a mainstream economic model - Banks, Debt, and Money. How anybody can think they can analyze capital while leaving...”
“New Golden Rule of Fractional Reserve Banking: He who creates the "fool's gold" controls the fools.”
“Banks do not create money for the public good. They are businesses owned by private shareholders. Their purpose is to make a profit.”
“I take from the poor and give to the rich. They just happen to be the same individuals. Poor and stupid before they learn from me and pay with their time and money, but rich and successful after th...”
“The SECRET to financial security is not to have more money, but having MORE CONTROL over the money we presently have.”
“Success from the financial and from the prestige point of view . . . is not enough; what matters even more is . . . adherence to high moral and aesthetic standards." as quoted in "High Financier" ...”
“Earn Nicely, spend wisely and you will live happily.”
“I am with the Hot Sexy Banking Corporation. As all the other banks are going bust, they are just getting bustier.”
“It tugged at his soul not to talk to other writers about his work. He loved the bank, keeping it secure and compliant with the laws and regulations. People assumed these things happened by magic. T...”
“Savers have to be punished so debtors can be saved.Why? Because if debtors are rescued, that makes it possible for more debts to be issued in the future.And why is that important? Because the banki...”
“Entrepreneurship is like a weighing machine whose load content should tilt towards passion to solve a pressing need, more than passion to make money.”
“By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.”
“If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.”
“Intellectually and compassionately explaining the reason freedom works is required for credibility.”
“The trouble is, nobody knows exactly how the world really works. We are all fallible people with limited knowledge. It is only through Biblical revelation from the One who knows how the world reall...”
“Monetary policy does not work like a scalpel but more like a sledgehammer.”
“Those who say don't know, those who know don't say”
“Money should be ones demand and not command, one should not become a slave of Money because we made money to help us trade and not to make us, we're already made even without money.”