How's this for a great quote:

Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816
"I sincerely believe ... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale."

Here's a group I really recommend checking out for wise handling of business and economics:

The Hubbard College of Administration and their page on L. Ron Hubbard, after whom they are names, is very informative.