Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Lawrence Dennis Quote “It comes as news to most people to learn that practically all important ethical teachers -- Moses, Aristotle, Jesus, Mohammed, and Saint Thomas Aquinas, for instance -- have denounced lending at interest as usury and as morally wrong.” ~ Lawrence Dennis Saturday Review of Literature #661, June 24, 1933https://www.unz.com/print/SaturdayRev-1933jun24-00661a03/ Banking , Money , Power , Usury , Religion , Morality , Economics , Law Ratings and Comments 1 Reply Cal, Lewisville 12/26/18 Dennis was a Commumist and of course he was against anything Capitalist. Reply Editor, Liberty Quotes Cal, Lewisville 12/26/18 We were not able to confirm that the Saturday Review columnist Lawrence Dennis is the same as the pro-fascist author Lawrence Dennis (1893-1977). I do not think they are the same person. A link to the source article is provided. 1 Reply Ronw13, OR 12/26/18 Oppression, ( a loan with a sting ). usury. economic slavery if practiced upon ones own children. Chophshiy (economic) Liberty, denied. 2 Reply Mike, Norwalk 12/26/18 Not shooting the messenger — absolutely! Such interest sucks the means of progress out of a viable economy. 2 Reply E Archer, NYC 12/26/18 Read the article. It is a review of a study 'The Internal Debts of the United States.' It doesn't sound like it's written by a communist, quite the opposite. The issues raised are as clear as day, written in the time FDR was racking up debts to the Moon. The only way he could do that is with fiat currency and taking gold out of circulation. 1 Reply jim k, Austin 12/27/18 Mohammed, an ethical teacher: I think not. Reply Poorgrandchildren, USA 11/29/22 So, it's OK to make me pay you something when you let me have your truck, but you're supposed to let me use your money without any charge? BS 2 Reply E Archer, NYC Poorgrandchildren, USA 12/2/22 Paying an agreed upon fee for leasing of capital is fair. Compounding interest on IOU's used as currency is the corruption of which they speak. It is an OLD TRICK that the powers-that-should-not-be use to steal the world with nothing but an empty promise.The world's nations now are leasing every dollar in circulation, sending rivers of interest to their rulers. The new world order is the same as the old world order, just 21st century style. This is NOT capitalism, it is a CON. Reply E Archer, NYC 12/2/22 Hence the gold dinar in Muslim countries. Any country still using a hard currency is treated as an enemy to the central bankers flooding the world with irredeemable script. Reply Denise, Durango 12/13/22 Perhaps this is not on the correct 'track' of this discussion...don't care. Lumping the Son of God in with a group of philosophers is ill advised at best. Indeed tho' He would agree ... His anger was incurred when coming into the Holy Temple that had been turned into a literal money 'laundering' business to extract "usury" out of weary pilgrams who'd come to worship. He overturned the tables and drove animals out of what was supposed to be a Holy place of worship. My two denari's worth. 1 Reply Mike, Norwalk Denise, Durango 12/14/22 Denise, maybe I can add to your story a bit. Jesus was recognized by birthright as the heir to the Kingdom / King of Israel (see his genealogy in Matthew). He road into Jerusalem on a donkey over palm leaves (a ceremony of a king of peace) In the temple was the second largest armed military (the temple guard) in Israel. The law in Israel at the time was there was to be no commerce in the temple. The punishment for temple commerce was to have the merchants tables turned over with all the money falling to the ground to be given to the poor. The merchants were to be whipped. Jesus being the head executive carried out his kingly duty with no restrictions from the temple guard (they knew who Jesus was and his birthright position). Later He was anti-lawfully later sold as a servant and then adorned with a crown of thorns showing what the Romans thought of His Kingdom. Anger was never noted anywhere in the story. Reply Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown 12/14/22 These "important ethical teachers" should have understood that life is a developmental process and that the advanced scientific mind has to unbalance features of the equation to find the ultimate sustaining solution. Reply Poorgrandchildren, Birmingham 3/23/23 If interest were illegal, no one would have lent me the money to buy my house. SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Lawrence Dennis quote is found in these categories: Banking quotes Money quotes Power quotes Usury quotes Religion quotes Morality quotes Economics quotes Law quotes About Lawrence Dennis Bio of Lawrence Dennis Quotations by Lawrence Dennis Books by/about Lawrence Dennis Lawrence Dennis videos Lawrence Dennis on Wikipedia Astrological chart for Lawrence Dennis