Financial dependence on the state is the foundation of modern serfdom. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
And what did the banks do to earn this perpetually flowing river of wealth? Did they lend out their own capital obtained… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
An overview of all wars since the establishment of the Bank of England in 1694 suggests that most of them would have… — 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
It is the ability of governments to acquire money without direct taxation that makes modern warfare possible, and a central bank has… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
When banks place credits into your account, they are merely pretending to lend you money. In reality, they have nothing to lend.… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
In truth, money is not created until the instant it is borrowed. It is the act of borrowing which causes it to… — 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
