“The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.”

“Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets. We want their trousers tied round their middle: steady lending growth; particularly to productive British business, especially small scale enterprise.”