All Hans F. Sennholz Quotes
- A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill. Bill
- The history of fiat money is little more than a register of monetary follies and inflations. Our present age merely affords another entry in this… Affords
- For more than two thousand years gold's natural qualities made it man's universal medium of exchange. In contrast to political money, gold is honest money… Age
- The paper standard is self-destructive. Destructive
- No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold. Acceptability
- The international monetary order is more precarious by far today than it was in 1929. Then, gold was international money, incorruptible, unmanageable, and unchangeable. Today,… Alarm
- The gold standard, in one form or another, will prevail long after the present rash of national fiats is forgotten or remembered only in currency… Currency
- The gold standard sooner or later will return with the force and inevitability of natural law, for it is the money of freedom and honesty. Force
- Every individual is a potential gold buyer, although he may not need the gold. It may be added to the store of personal wealth, and… Added
- An ounce of gold is an ounce of gold, whether it consists of guineas, sovereigns or eagles. Consists
- Sound money and free banking are not impossible; they are merely illegal. Banking
- War cannot be driven out by war, for the use of evil breeds more evil, hostility more hostility, and the use of force more force. Breeds
- Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity. Honesty
- Freedom is the quality of being free from the control of regulators and tax collectors. If I want to be free their control, I must… Collectors
- Peace is the natural state of man, war the temporary repeal of reason and virtue. Man
- ...there seems to be a correlation between the intensity of the official attacks on gold and the severity of monetary crises. Attacks
- Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by taking… Everyone
- To reverse the trend and reduce the role of government in our lives, and thus alleviate the government deficit and inflation pressures, is a giant… Alleviate
- Wherever politics intrudes upon economic life, political success is readily attained by saying what people like to hear rather than what is demonstrably true. Instead… Attained