Arthur Burns, 1971 
"My efforts to prevent closing of the gold window - working through Connally, Volcker, and Shultz - do not seem to have succeeded. The gold window may have to be closed tomorrow because we now have a government that is incapable, not only of constructive leadership, but of any action at all. What a tragedy for mankind!" -- Arthur Burns, Federal Reserve Chairman, Aug. 12, 1971, The Secret Diary of Arthur Burns