Gold and silver Quote by David Graeber

“The prevailing view that Smith criticized was mercantilism, which held that wealth consisted of the stock of precious metals in a country.”

— Edd S. Noell

“Don't go digging for silver in somebody else's backyard when you've got gold in your own.”

— Lattis R. Richards

It is particularly odd that economists who profess to be champions of a free-market economy, should go to such twists and turns to avoid…

— Murray Rothbard

“This is essentially why gold is still valuable in the twenty-first century. If gathered together, all the gold ever mined would fit inside a…

— Mark Miodownik

“Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that…

— Ayn Rand

What the two hands of the labourer can achieve, the capitalist will never get with all his gold and silver.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Gold is reserved for those who know its laws and abide by them.”

— George S. Clason

“...that much gold, and great store of riches makes them mad, insomuch as they endeavour to destroy each other...”

— Margaret Cavendish

“Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value.”

— Paulo Coelho

“We should have springs and rivers, not mines and treasure tunnels. Gold is an unwelcome visitor. It works against the acclimation of people to…

— Tim Westover

“Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants – but debt is the money…

— Norm Franz

“It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold.”

— Idries Shah