"At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the……" — John Buchanan Robinson
"At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only."
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John Buchanan Robinson
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27 Quotes by John Buchanan Robinson
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However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of…
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For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.
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You are forever alone.
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Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.
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There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.
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It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.
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The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.
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In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
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But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their…
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Modern money is almost altogether credit money.
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Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less…
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Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is…
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
— Aristotle
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
— Franklin P. Adams
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The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet,…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
— Arnold Bennett
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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to…
— William Ellery Channing
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Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our…
— Jerry Bridges
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[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now…
— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.
— Albert Einstein
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what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics;…
— Thomas Jefferson
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