Jacob Fugger Quotes

“In an era when kings had unlimited power, Fugger had the nerve to stare down heads of state and ask them to pay back their loans — with interest.”

“It is well known that Your Imperial Majesty could not have obtained the Roman Crown without my help.”

“I want to gain while I can.”

“How is it that the Fuggers have come into possession of all the property of the Church?”

“People would feed him with information, by courier and horses, so that he would know about things before his competitors did, and he could use that to his advantage. Information today is everything, and it was everything back then, too.”