For those who may be unfamiliar – which would mean roughly 90% of the US population who believe the Federal Reserve is a national park – Ben Bernanke was Fed chairman from 2006 until 2014. He is better known as the Fed chairman who never launched a tightening cycle during his tenure. He is best known for not only bailing out Wall Street from the folly of his and his predecessor’s bubble-creating monetary policy and boosting the Fed’s balance sheet to $4.5 trillion, but also for the following selection of quotes: