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Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally.

I've never particularly liked bankers.

It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks.

Banking is a very treacherous business because you don't realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm waters that deliver huge storms.

I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people.

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.

My bankers are very happy with me.

I happen to know a bit about banking.

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

When I was very young in London, I had a bank account, which didn't have a great deal in it. I should think at least every three months the bank manager would call me up and threaten to strangle me because I had no money, and I was writing checks.