"Wars in old times were made to get……" — Ezra Pound

"Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt."

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174 Quotes by Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound has 174 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding…
If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.
The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one…
Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control…
All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew…
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
The artist is the antenna of the race.
The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with…
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because…
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then…

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More Debt Quotes

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Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the… — Margaret Atwood
All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics… — Michele Bachmann
After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you… — Michele Bachmann
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal… — Michele Bachmann
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. — Ernie Banks
The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created. — Javier Bardem
If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner. — John Barrymore
A church debt is the devil's salary. — Henry Ward Beecher
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. — Ambrose Bierce
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. — Ambrose Bierce
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. — Aesop
I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's… — Michael Bloomberg

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