This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.
Carroll Quigley
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- The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training.
- The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain.
- 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.
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