John George Nicolay Quotes

All the merchants may break, but the Bank of the United States will not break.

No man's credit is ever as good as his money.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

No man's credit is as good as his money.

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

I've always found credit isn't just something you take - it's something people give you when they see how hard you're working.

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.

Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.

To protect the national honor, every dollar of Government indebtedness should be paid in gold, unless otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. Let it be understood that no repudiator of one farthing of our public debt will be trusted in public place, and it will go far toward strengthening a credit which ought to be the best in the world.

That a man should, but a few months since, confine himself from his creditors, and now on this occasion be able to advance half a million, is so extraordinary that it ceases to be a mystery. Everything he says, writes or does, is in reality the action of the ministry.

Without economic security, we cannot have national security.

We are not facing great economic difficulties. The Indonesian people are faring reasonably well - just compare us to India or some other countries.

It is important for Oncor to remain financially strong.

As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit.

Every banker knows that if he has to prove that he is worthy of credit, however good may be his arguments, in fact his credit is gone: but what we have requires no proof.

Honour is a homicide and a bloodspiller, that gangs about making frays in the street; but Credit is a decent honest man, that sits at hame and makes the pat play.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

I don't know of any of us that want to see any kind of default happen.

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

Talking about Korea, it has pretty high capital ratios at banks and maintains a good credit rating.

America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.

We're only one of a few states that have maintained our Triple-A bond rating from the major rating agencies.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

I don't think the AAA is an end in itself; we will maintain prudent financial management with or without the AAA.