Ivy League Education Compared to Bank Loans

"Ivy League establishments ... will give you an education the way the banks will give you money - provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don't need it." -- Peter de Vries

Riches Bind Slaves in Chains Made of Gold

"Banks and riches are chains of gold, but still chains" -- Edmund Ruffin

Thomas Jefferson: Banks Control of Currency Issue

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation then by deflation, the banks and the corporations will grow up around them, will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." -- Thomas Jefferson

Why Rob a Bank When you Could Start One?

"'What is the robbing of a bank compared to the FOUNDING of a bank?" -- Bertolt Brecht