Monetary System Quotes

20 quotes by 13 authors

We are talking about an awesome power. It is the power to weave illusions that appear real as long as they last. That is the… — Ron Paul
Right after the Civil War there was considerable talk about reviving Lincoln's brief experiment with the Constitutional monetary system. Had not the European money-trust intervened,… — W. Cleon Skousen
Having examined the nature of fractional reserve and of central banking, and having seen how the questionable blessings of Central Banking were fastened upon America,… — Murray Rothbard
It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression. — Henry Ford
Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity,… — John Maynard Keynes
The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks' often foolish lending. — Martin Wolf
War, poverty, corruption, hunger, misery, human suffering will not change in a monetary system. That is, there will be very little significant change. Itâ€™s going… — Jacque Fresco
If you make people uniform, you can control them. If you teach people to read, and think, and question things, you lose control. So, the… — Jacque Fresco
People say that the monetary system produces incentive. Â This may be true in limited areas, but it also produces greed, embezzlement, corruption, pollution, jealousy,… — Jacque Fresco
The American people have no idea they are paying the bill. Â They know that someone is stealing their hubcaps, but they think it is… — G. Edward Griffin
The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to… — Milton Friedman
If the practice persists of covering government deficits with the issue of notes, then the day will come without fail, sooner or later, when the… — Ludwig von Mises
The more I travel around the world, the more I see people want the same thing - to be happy. We wouldn't be in a… — Jason Mraz
What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference. — Ludwig von Mises
It's hard in a monetary system to trust people. — Jacque Fresco
A gold standard is the ideal monetary system for those who create wealth through ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and hard work. Gold standards are disfavored by those… — James Rickards
It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would… — Henry Ford
The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the… — Henry Hazlitt
Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed. — Ron Paul
What's happening is, there's transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the wealthy. This comes about because of the monetary system… — Ron Paul

Who Wrote These Monetary System Quotes

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