Money is an invention of the marketplace of exchange, brought into being by traders who discovered that a reliable medium could facilitate trades that were more difficult or even impossible by barter alone. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Monetary reform, if it is to be genuine and successful, must sever money and banking from politics. That's why a modern gold standard must have: no central bank; no fixed rations between gold and silver; no bail-outs; no suspension of… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
A statesman doesn't try to pull himself up by dragging someboy else down, and he doesn't try to convience people they're victims just so… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Marijuana has killed far fewer people than swimming pools; it’s the war against it that does all the violence. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Where there are love and generosity, there is joy. Where there are sincerity and sacrifice, there is friendship. Where there are harmony and simplicity,… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
On the silver screen, capitalists are usually vilified as greedy and heartless, while statists of every stripe are depicted as selfless, romantic idealists who… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No one works… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but 'compassion' is… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
By mandating an even higher minimum, the living wage prices even more people out of work. The people who push these cockamamie ideas never… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Money is an invention of the marketplace of exchange, brought into being by traders who discovered that a reliable medium could facilitate trades that… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Anything short of the discipline and honesty of a true gold coin standard will inevitably self-destruct, consuming our wealth and liberties, and nurturing the… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
