The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the issue of slavery was added at a later time to turn it into a moral crusade. — 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 recruits into the Union army. But this did not last. Northerners may have disapproved of slavery in the… — 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
Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
No one in America fully understands the constantly changing Internal Revenue Code. Agents of the IRS do not, judges do not, congressmen do not,… — 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 smaller and… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
