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Ezra Pound was an American poet, literary critic, and economist. Born on October 30, 1885, and passing away on November 1, 1972, he is regarded as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. Known for his work in the Imagist movement and his extensive contributions to literature, Pound played a pivotal role in shaping modern poetry.

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“There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.”

Nations Boring Ireland Topics

Author:Ezra Pound

“A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.”

Men May Hope Nations Civilization

Book:Guide to Kulchur

Source: Guide to Kulchur

“If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.”

Ifs Literature Nations Decline Decay Rehabilitation Atrophy

Book:ABC of Reading

Source: ABC of Reading

“USURY is the cancer of the world, which only the surgeon’s knife of Fascism can cut out of the life of the nations.”

World Nations Cutting Cancer Knives Fascism Surgeons Usury

Author:Ezra Pound

“The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.”

Thinking Action Nations Work Curse Immediate Action

Author:Ezra Pound

“America, my country, is almost a continent and hardly yet a nation.”

Country America Nations Continents

Author:Ezra Pound

“Sovereignty inheres in the right to issue money. And the American sovereignty belongs by right to the people, and their representatives in Congress have the right to issue money and to determine the value thereof. And 120 million, 120 million suckers have lamentably failed to insist on the observation of this quite decided law. ... Now the point at which embezzlement of the nation's funds on the part of her officers becomes treason can probably be decided only by jurists, and not by hand-picked judges who support illegality.”

People Hands America Law Values Nations Millions Support Issues Judging Decided Congress Determine Observation Fund Officers Representatives Sovereignty Treason Sucker Jurists Embezzlement

Author:Ezra Pound

About the Author

Born: October 30, 1885
Died: November 1, 1972
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 232

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ABC of ReadingRelated source material

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Delphi Poetical Works of Ezra Pound (Illustrated)Related source material

Guide to KulchurRelated source material

The Cantos of Ezra PoundRelated source material

The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941Related source material

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