“Those entrapped by the herd instinct are drowned in the deluges of history. But there are always the few who observe, reason, and take precautions, and thus escape the flood. For these few gold has been the asset of last resort.” Has BeensReasonLastsGoldInstinctAssetsFloodResortsHerdsPrecautionDeluge Book:The War on Gold Source: The War on Gold
“If you bound the arms and legs of gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps, weighed him down with chains, threw him in a pool and he sank, you wouldn't call it a 'failure of swimming.' So, when markets have been weighted down by inept and excessive regulation, why call this a 'failure of capitalism'?” IfsHas BeensArmsCapitalismGoldBoundsLegsChainsSwimmingPoolRegulationMedalGold MedalsSwimmerArms And Legs Author:Peter Boettke
“The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society - we are on the eve of universal change.” LongHas BeensEnoughHumanityIssuesCivilizationCapitalismGoldUniversalBasesSocialismReignVersusCursed Author:Eugene V. Debs
“It has been said that Canada is bounded 'on the north by gold, on the west by the East, on the east by history - and on the south by friends'.* We hope that will always be the case and we hope it will be the case not only with respect to the United States, your immediate neighbor to the south, but with respect to all your southern neighbors - and ours - who are bound by the great forces of geography and history which are distinctive to the New World.” WorldHas BeensSaidStatesForceUnitedCasesUnited StatesGoldWestSouthBoundsEastNeighborPresidentialCanadaSouthernNew WorldGeographyDistinctiveGeography And History Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972
“Silent night, holy night, when the bough flies from the tree and is hung everywhere, when from tables the crusts fly, when the gifts begin to tremble because lovelessness walks through the world, because it snarls at you, barks at you from the snow, and the silver ribbons rip and the tinsel rustles silvery, and the silver and gold, and a golden word come to you on which you choke because you have been sold and betrayed, and because it does not suffice that for you one is redeemed who once died.” WorldDoeHas BeensNightWalksTreeHolyGoldDiedTablesSilentSnowGoldenSilverHungBetrayedRipChokeBarkRedeemedRibbonsTinselLovelessnessSilent NightHoly Night Author:Ingeborg Bachmann
“We need only take our heads out of the sand to see clearly that interventionism not only has failed to provide the promised something-for-nothing, but has led to all sorts of undesirable consequences. Indeed, many are just beginning to realize that we are moving towards disaster even though we have been on a wrong heading for decades.” NeedsHas BeensMovingRealizingConsequenceGoldDecadesDisasterSandHeadingsUndesirableInterventionism Author:Leonard Read
“Though a country be sundered, hills and rivers endure; And spring comes green again to trees and grasses Where petals have been shed like tears And lonely birds have sung their grief. ...After the war-fires of three months, One message from home is worth a ton of gold. ...I stroke my white hair. It has grown too thin To hold the hairpins any more.” MayHas BeensWarCountryHomeThreeWhiteGriefFireTreeTearsHairMonthsMessagesSpringBirdRiversLonelyGoldGreenEndureHillsGrassShedStrokesThree MonthsPetalsWhite Hair Author:Du Fu