“The poor man who takes property by force is called a thief, but the creditor who can by legislation make a debtor pay a dollar twice as large as he borrowed is lauded as the friend of a sound currency. The man who wants the people to destroy the Government is an anarchist, but the man who wants the Government to destroy the people is a patriot.” PeopleMenWantGovernmentForceSoundPoorPayHe ManDollarsPropertyThievesCurrencyPatriotLegislationAnarchistBorrowedPoor ManCreditorsDebtors Book:The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896 Source: The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896
“Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order: there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.” PeopleTwoEndsOrderEvilSoundProgressReturnInvestmentInvestingCreditCurrencyStrictBankingSpeculationAdequateProvisionSupervisionResumption Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense, but this is specific welfare. This justifies the whole welfare state - the military industrial complex, the welfare to foreigners, the welfare state that imprisons our people and impoverishes our people and gives us our recession.” PeopleGivingStatesWholeSoundConditionsMilitaryComplexesDefenseWelfareJustifyCurrencyForeignersRecessionsJudicialWelfare StateMilitary Industrial ComplexNational DefenseGeneral WelfareJudicial System Author:Ron Paul
“There is no legislation--I care not what it is--tariff, railroads, corporations, or of a general political character, that all equals in importance the putting of our banking and currency system on the sound basis proposed in the National Monetary Commission plan.” CharacterCarePoliticalSoundPlansImportanceBasesCorporationsCurrencyI CareLegislationBankingMonetaryRailroadsTariffs Author:William Howard Taft
“American money was never more sound, or banking more free, than 200 years ago. Since then, it's been a long steady decline from the gold standard and competitive banking to our Fed-run system of inflated paper currency, deposit insurance, and perpetually shaky banks on the dole.” YearsLongRunningSoundMoneyPaperStandardsYears AgoEconomicsGoldFedsSteadyDeclineCurrencyBankingDepositsGold Standard Author:Llewellyn Rockwell