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

[John Acton](https://quotesby.net/John-Acton)\#11

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## More from John Acton

1. > Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

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2. > Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime...

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