Business Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Government should stand behind its currency and credit and the bank deposits of the nation. No individual should suffer a loss of money through…

— Abraham Lincoln

It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time to restrain…

— Thomas Jefferson

Money must exist before it can be turned into capital.

— David Harvey

The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation, by its own authority, would enable the national government to borrow as far…

— Alexander Hamilton

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow…

— Abraham Lincoln

Governments create money and spend it into the economy by running budget deficits. The paper currency in your pocket is technically a government debt.

— Michael Hudson

A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the Government and the buying…

— Abraham Lincoln

To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could otherwise be used to invest in stocks or corporate…

— Alex Berenson

It is the people who constitute the basis of Government credit. Why then cannot the people have benefit of their own gilt-edge credit by…

— Thomas A. Edison

“The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of Government, but it is the Government's greatest creative opportunity. By…

— Abraham Lincoln

The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is as necessary…

— Oliver Ellsworth