“When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.”

— Edward Abbey

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 97

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