“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”

“The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.”

“A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.”

“Imagination governs the world.”

“What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.”

“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”

“You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.”