Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2009-07-31 Jul 31, 2009Agriculture, manufacturers, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.~ Thomas JeffersonIt is unfortunate, that the efforts of mankind to recover the freedom of which they have been so long deprived, will be accompanied with violence, with errors, & even with crimes. But while we weep over the means, we must pray for the end.~ Thomas JeffersonThe mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.~ Thomas Jefferson Jul 30, 2009The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.~ Cullen HightowerWhen they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty.'~ Theodore RooseveltThere is good news from Washington today. The Congress is deadlocked and can't act.~ Will Rogers Jul 29, 2009Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.~ Douglas CaseyThe government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.~ Sam EwingThe dollar represents a one dollar debt to the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Banks create money out of thin air to buy Government Bonds from the U.S. Treasury...and has created out of nothing a ... debt which the American people are obliged to pay with interest.~ Wright Patman Jul 28, 2009The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank notes, and thus disturbing the business of the country.~ James A. GarfieldBanks lend by creating credit. They create the means of payment out of nothing.~ Ralph M. HawtreyWhere would we be if we had I.O.U.'s scrip and certificates floating all around the country?" Instead he decided to "issue currency against the sound assets of the banks. [As opposed to issuing currency against gold.] The Federal Reserve Act lets us print all we'll need. And it won't frighten the people. It won't look like stage money. It'll be money that looks like real money.~ William Hartman Woodin Jul 27, 2009The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson. History depicts Andrew Jackson as the last truly honorable and incorruptible American president.~ Franklin D. RooseveltI am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people.~ Reginald McKenna...the concentration of capital and the growth of their turnover is radically challenging the significance of the banks. Scattered capitalists are transformed into a single collective capitalist. When carrying the current accounts of a few capitalists, the banks, as it were, transact a purely technical and exclusively auxiliary operation. When, however, these operations grow to enormous dimensions we find that a handful of monopolists control all the operations, both commercial and industrial, of capitalist society. They can, by means of their banking connections.~ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print