The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort. — Robert Zoellick

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Robert Zoellick : American Public Servant
Born:  July 25, 1953