Bank Influence Quotes

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.

The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

It was not until late in the month of August that I received from the Government directors an official report establishing beyond question that this great and powerful institution had been actively engaged in attempting to influence the elections of the public officers by means of its money…. Not only was the evidence complete as to the past application of the money and power of the bank to electioneering purposes, but that the resolution of the board of directors authorized the same course to be pursued in future… It was established by unquestionable proof that the Bank of the United States was converted into a permanent electioneering engine…. the efforts of the bank to control public opinion … are equally apparent, and, if possible, more objectionable.

The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of the same character with the first, and completed the supplanting the precious metals by a paper circulation. Between such parties the less we meddle the better.

The big banks advise cities about whether privatization is a wise choice. They also control the ability of states and cities to access the market for their financing needs.

From the time I took office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I began to learn that the State held, in the face of the Bank and the City, an essentially false position as to finance. The Government itself was not to be a substantive power, but was to leave the Money Power supreme and unquestioned.

Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored.

We need to remind politicians they don't work for the big banks - they work for us.

I believe that being in a position, as a central bank, to influence economic growth does not mean losing independence.

Voting wouldn't excite me unless it included electing the directors of the big banks and corporations, who make the real decisions that affect our lives. It's hard to get excited about the trained seals in Washington.

People that's in power - the central banks, these fiat currencies that are traded globally - they got influence over the messaging and the narrative in the media.

Once you begin to talk about wealth inequality, especially as it relates to corporations and big banks, or engage in an indictment of U.S. foreign policy, you are really getting at the center of a society that is very fearful of that kind of critique.

My view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks.