"Government, possessing the power to create and issue……" — Abraham Lincoln
"Government, possessing the power to create and issue currency and credit as money and enjoying the right to withdraw both currency and credit from circulation by taxation and otherwise, need not and should not borrow capital at interest as a means of financing government work and public enterprises."
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Abraham Lincoln
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