"The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks."
-- Lord Acton, Chief Justice of England

"If the American people knew tonight, exactly how the monetary and banking system worked, there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"the real truth of the matter is that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson."
--F. D. R.