"Those who create and issue money and credit direct the policies of government and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people." | by: | Reginald McKenna (1863-1943) British Secretary to the Treasury (1903), President of the Board of Education (1907–08) First Lord of the Admiralty (1908–1911), Home Secretary (1911–1915) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1915–1916), and Chairman of the Midland Bank (1918) |
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