Become Quote by G. Edward Griffin Download Open image “The Fed has become an accomplice in the support of totalitarian regimes throughout the world.” — G. Edward Griffin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Become Support Totalitarian World
Ever since its founding in 1913, the Fed has described itself as an "independent" agency operated by selfless public servants striving to "fine-tune" the… — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
The Fed's organization reflects a long-standing desire in American history to ensure that power over our nation's monetary policy and financial system is not… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Western companies (and governments) have deeply integrated themselves with an authoritarian regime without thinking through the consequences, and when push comes to shove, many… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Many of those on the right distrust the Fed and want to eliminate its power in the belief that the private economy, including the private banks, will be much more efficient, productive and even democratic if they are left to themselves: in other words, the criticism of the Fed really reflects a desire to cripple the government in the service… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share
Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule. — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an independent, uncontrolled… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
The Fed has been acting in rare concert with central banks worldwide to encourage borrowing and spending - and risk. And because all the… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
When totalitarian regimes are established, they at least have the illusion of the single-minded purpose. But once they establish the stature that's necessary for… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
When governments claim to derive their authority from any source other than the governed, it always leads to the destruction of liberty. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The timid and fearful cannot defend liberty -- or anything else. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The jury had never been allowed to see any evidence that Laetrile actually worked. (Yes Virginia, they can bury medical breakthroughs in court this… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Secondly, as a result of this political favoritism, the FDA has become a primary factor in that formula whereby cartel-oriented companies in the food… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
To cover the fact that a central bank is merely a cartel which has been legalized, its proponents had to lay down a thick smoke screen of technical jargon focusing always on how it would supposedly benefit commerce, the public, and the nation... there was not the slightest glimmer that underneath it all, was a master plan which was designed… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share
“PROPER ROLE OF THE STATE I believe that the proper role of the state is negative, not positive; defensive, not aggressive. It is to protect, not to provide; for if the state is granted the power to provide for some, it must also be able to take from others, and that always leads to legalized plunder and loss of freedom.… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share
The information that follows is taken primarily...from government hearings and reports published from various Senate and House committees. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“The accepted version of history is that the Federal Reserve was created to stabilize our economy. One of the most widely-used textbooks on this subject says: "It sprang from the panic of 1907, with its alarming epidemic of bank failures: the country was fed up once and for all with the anarchy of unstable private banking."23 Even the most naive… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share
The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I… — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
If someone has the opportunity to become a model, I would say, 'Do it.' — Cameron Russell Copy Share Image
I had a talent for copying the signatures of dignitaries like Indira Gandhi, Amitabh Bachchan and so on. So, I wanted to become someone… — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
In the Tea Party era, it is the restless conservative Republican who has become passion's plaything, the toy of impetuous romance, an erotomania only… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
My first bill to become law repeals regulations to make everyday life easier and more affordable for Americans. — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home - pride… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image