"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."

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The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.

— Carroll Quigley