Carter Glass
1858 - 1946
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Biography
Carter Glass was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, representing Virginia. Glass was the Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson and was known for his work on financial reform legislation. He was instrumental in the creation of the Federal Reserve System and played a key role in the passage of the Glass-Owen Federal Reserve Act.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.
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The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth.
3
It is the business of the press to right the wrong, to champion the cause of the underdog, to demand fair play for all men.
4
The government is coming to be something just like an insurance company and accordingly it is coming to behold the people, mainly the poor, as so many clients and beneficiaries.
5
More than a half-century of progressive agitation has not produced a single scientific proof of the positive good to be derived from the policy of Federal aid for agricultural education and development.