J. P. Morgan: Quotes about money

J. P. Morgan was American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector. Explore interesting quotes on money.
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“The first thing [in credit] is character … before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it.… A man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom. I think that is the fundamental basis of business.”

J. P. Morgan

Testimony to the Pujo Committee (1912)
Untermyer: Is not commercial credit based primarily upon money or property?
Morgan: No, sir; the first thing is character.
Testimony to the Pujo Committee (1912)

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“Gold is money. Everything else is credit.”

J. P. Morgan

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“[Credit] is an evidence of banking, but it is not the money itself. Money is gold, and nothing else.”

J. P. Morgan

Testimony to the Pujo Committee (1912)

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