Andrew Jackson on central banking

Is there no danger to our liberty and independence in a bank that in its nature has so little to bind it to our country? ... [Is there not] cause to tremble for the purity of our elections in peace and for the independence of our country in war? ... Controlling our currency, receiving our public monies, and holding thousands of our citizens in dependence, it would be more formidable and dangerous than a naval and military power of the enemy.

~ Andrew Jackson

(Quoted by G. Edward Griffen, The Creature from Jekyll Island, page 257.)

Andrew Jackson