In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures. (Carroll Quigley)

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.

Carroll Quigley

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