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In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances. ↗

— Robert Welch

#balances #checks #elaborate #feature #form

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs. ↗

— William Weld

#government #never #noble #wrongs

Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored. ↗

— Peter Welch

#ago #banks #big #cards #control

To the extent that people overpay as a result of the Libor manipulation, they should be able to get their money back. Individuals who have mortgages, pension funds who had pensioner investments - whoever was ripped off is entitled to get their money back. ↗

— Peter Welch

#back #entitled #extent #funds #get

We urge the Department of Justice to carefully investigate and aggressively prosecute all senior bank officials who participated in manipulating the London interbank offered rate throughout the financial crisis. ↗

— Peter Welch

#bank #carefully #crisis #department #financial

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past. ↗

— Peter Welch

#also #american #american family #average #average american

I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand? ↗

— Raquel Welch

#being #husband #i #i am #raquel

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome. ↗

— Robert Welch

#american republic #bound #centuries #come #course

For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast and too far in this movement without enough alarms being sounded to be heard and heeded. ↗

— Robert Welch

#american people #been #being #could #enough

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. ↗

— Robert Welch

#certainly #democracy #destruction #every #itself