Ability Quote by Ron Paul

The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money or regulate the value…

— William Jennings Bryan

I want to just obey the Constitution.The Constitution says only gold and silver can be legal tender.

— Ron Paul

The reason we need to have a gold and silver based currency is to bring discipline to the financial system so the government can't…

— Bernard von NotHaus

It is important to realize that gold and silver are international commodities and that, therefore, when not prohibited by government decree, foreign coins are…

— Murray Rothbard

Because silver and gold have their value from the matter itself, they have first this privilege, that the value of them cannot be altered…

— Thomas Hobbes

Gold and silver are constituted, by the nature of things, money, and universal money, independent of all convention, and of all laws.

— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

The Congress should not be creating money out of thin air, which is what Lincoln did when he created greenbacks. But it is a…

— Ron Paul

Under the gold standard gold is money and money is gold. It is immaterial whether or not the laws assign legal tender quality only…

— Ludwig von Mises

You could own coins but you couldn't have bars of gold. We were on the gold standard. I think it was Nixon who took…

— Carl Andre

The threat of gold redeemability imposes a constant check and limit on inflationary issues of government paper. If the government can remove the threat,…

— Murray Rothbard

So if you think America's politicians and citizens are willing to make the changes necessary to strengthen the U.S. dollar, then don't buy silver.…

— Robert Kiyosaki

From the inception of our nation our American ancestors intended for the United States to operate under a precious-metals monetary system or, more specifically,…

— Jacob G. Hornberger