The United States is like the Titanic, and I'm here with the lifeboat trying to get people to leave the ship... I… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Most governments, not all of them, but most, certainly don't want their citizens using gold. They want them in the currency that… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
One day we're going to look back at $1,700 with nostalgia. People are going to be shocked at how inexpensive gold was… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
The middle class today would be poor by the standards of the 1950s. Today, with two people working, they would still live… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart creates entry level jobs for people who don't have a lot of skills; those jobs don't pay a lot. — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
I would say to people of a libertarian conservative position on an issue, do not do a taped interview. You're going to… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of people out there that are speculating in the stock market. They have all kinds of… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
The American middle class used to be envy of the world. It was a byproduct of economic freedom. We had a very… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
You have countries that have lived beyond their means, with bloated governments, huge trade deficits, and people living off the government. Then… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Over the past decade or so, you have seen the flip side of that as you've seen stock prices have come down… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
When private industry makes a mistake, it gets corrected and goes away. As governments make mistakes, it gets bigger, bigger and bigger… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important reason to be skeptical of government inflation numbers is that the government, like a fox campaigning to guard a hen… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
When the dollar collapses, it's not doing it in a vacuum. If the dollar loses value, it's doing so relative to some other currency.… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Every time the market has corrected, since 2008, it's always been the Fed that's made the bottom. The Fed has always saved the market… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
“Boom/bust cycles are not inevitable and would not occur were it not for the inflationary monetary policies that always precede recessions.” — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
We had a very upwardly mobile economy, and that peaked around the 1950s when the typical middle-class American family consisted of a father with… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Printing money creates inflation, which weakens an economy. Unfortunately, this kind of common-sense thinking never seems to penetrate academic circles. — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
The fiat-based system has produced enormous global imbalances that are straining the global economy. Ultimately, I think the whole thing gives way and what… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Central banks are choosing to increase their gold holdings as a percentage of total reserves. They obviously think there is a reason to do… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Once the government runs out of foreign and private sector bidders for new Treasurys, the Federal Reserve will be the only buyer, and the… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
My mother always taught me that two wrongs don't make a right. We shouldn't bail out Wall Street. We shouldn't bail out Detroit. It… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
