I doubt if there is any occupation which is more consistently and unfairly demeaned, degraded, denounced, and deplored than banking.
William ProxmireThe last few years have been my happiest. Im happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I dont feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.
William ProxmireThe recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards.
William ProxmirePower always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
William Proxmire