“Private investors traditionally had been obliged to take losses when debtors defaulted, but it became apparent that the U.S. Government was not about to relinquish its creditor hold on the Allies. This intransigence obliged them to keep tightening the screws on Germany.”
Source: Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance
“But instead of U.S. citizens and companies being taxed or U.S. capital markets being obliged to finance the rising federal deficit, foreign economies were obliged to buy the new Treasury bonds being issued. America’s Cold War spending thus became a tax on foreigners. It was their central banks who financed the costs of the war in Southeast Asia.”
Source: Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance
“These rules meant that, unlike Britain, the United States was able to pursue its Cold War spending in Asia and elsewhere in the world without constraint, as well as social welfare spending at home. This was just the reverse of Britain’s stop–go policies or the austerity programs that the IMF imposed on Third World debtors when their balance of payments fell into deficit.”
Source: Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance
“Many with the potential lack the resources. And the ones with the resources often do not even realize they have a potential.”
Source: Sips And Little Portions
“The most unlikely person can alter the course of history.”
Source: A Court of Wings and Ruin
“I believe in the uncommon, the unusual and unlikely, even the miraculous. I believe in nearly all things except impossibilities. That I can't fathom.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“He might not be here, but the day he misses an opportunity to party is the day Jocelyn Wildenstein is considered the paragon of beauty.”
Source: Give It Back
“In principle, with optimized hooves, pigs can fly.”
Source: What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs
“Loving yourself is about as likely as tickling yourself.”
Source: By the Numbers
“Love can indeed exist in such a place as Carnassus, if only for a brief time, and only after the exchangeb of an agreed sum.”
Source: Theatre of the Gods