The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the issue of… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises:… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
There is no time in American history in which there was more economic conflict between segments of the population than there was… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The European powers had been anxious to see the United States become embroiled in a civil war and eventually break into two… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year of armed… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth.… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
American banks may have been unable to supply adequate loans, but the Rothschild consortium in Britain was both able and willing. It… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
In the North, the sale of government bonds was the one measure for raising funds that seemed to work. Even that, however,… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production as had… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system was created… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
When governments claim to derive their authority from any source other than the governed, it always leads to the destruction of liberty. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The timid and fearful cannot defend liberty -- or anything else. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The jury had never been allowed to see any evidence that Laetrile actually worked. (Yes Virginia, they can bury medical breakthroughs in court this… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Secondly, as a result of this political favoritism, the FDA has become a primary factor in that formula whereby cartel-oriented companies in the food… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
To cover the fact that a central bank is merely a cartel which has been legalized, its proponents had to lay down a thick… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“PROPER ROLE OF THE STATE I believe that the proper role of the state is negative, not positive; defensive, not aggressive. It is to… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The information that follows is taken primarily...from government hearings and reports published from various Senate and House committees. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“The accepted version of history is that the Federal Reserve was created to stabilize our economy. One of the most widely-used textbooks on this… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
![“[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth. Slavery was an issue, but the primary force for war was a clash between the economic interests of the North and the South. Even the issue of slavery itself was based on economics.” quote by G. Edward Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f2/g-edward-griffin-9084_accepted_it-is-generally-accepted-that-the-civil_1542726.jpg)
