Quotes from John Dalberg-Acton

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.