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" The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital. " - William Graham Sumner

" We sometime didn’t get enough to buy oats for our horses. Most banks had very little money in them. " - Frank James

" In order to have quality journalism you need to have a good income stream, and no Internet model has produced a way of generating income that would pay for good-quality investigative journalism. " - Bill Bryson

" The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. " - Gordon Sinclair

" Most people who are poor have their money in a bank account that earns negligible interest. With the rapid inflation that we have because of rampant government spending, the people are losing purchasing power – they’re actually becoming poorer. " - Francis X. Suarez

" While one can’t always begrudge the wealth of people who have at least produced something of value, the rich of the financial world don’t make anything but more money. They’re not creative, aside from, perhaps, in accounting. " - Lionel Shriver

" The key thing about wealth in a capitalist economy is that it reproduces itself and usually earns a positive net return. " - Robert Solow

" Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth. " - Ken Livingstone

" I was able to use credit default swaps to protect not only my investments but the hundreds of jobs that exist because of my investment. I understand the dangers of credit default swaps and the benefits of credit default swaps. " - Jeff Greene

" If the banks become unreliable lenders, apartment prices will drop dramatically. " - Harry Triguboff