When a few more theories have been tried – a few more ”pressures” have been experienced – a few millions more of opulent families have been reduced to beggary, and our Union work-houses are thronged with starving artisans, then we may discover that all our attempts to regulate the currency have been productive of mischief, and we shall be willing to let the currency regulate itself.#Quoted in Lawrence White, Free Banking in Britain (1995)