“It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or the caucus of the party which happens to be in the majority, the absolute dictator of the financial and business affairs of this country. This scheme surpasses all the centralism and all the Caesarism that were ever charged upon the Republican party in the wildest days of the war or in the events growing out of the war.” WarCountryStatesHappensHouseUnitedPartyUnited StatesGrowingEventsRepublicanPaperAbsolutesMajorityAffairFinancialSenateRepresentativesDictatorSchemesRepublican PartyTreasuryHouse Of RepresentativesCaucusPaper Money Author:James A. Garfield
“Dictators during the entire history of this planet have used similar techniques. By not letting the people of their country know what conditions existed outside their boundaries, they could get the people to fight to stay in those conditions. It was the old adage: Convince a slave that he's free , and he will fight to maintain his slavery .” PeopleKnowsCountryUsedFightingConditionsPlanetsSlaverySlaveTechniqueBoundariesConvinceDictatorAdages Book:The Jewels of Aptor Source: The Jewels of Aptor