It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street.

The money market is to a commercial nation what the heart is to man.

A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.

More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with the necessities.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Trade’s proud empire hastes to swift decay.

Wants keep pace with wealth always.

The money we have is the means to liberty; that which we pursue is the means to slavery.

One man’s loss is another man’s profit.

Trade is a social act.