Quote by Thomas Sowell

“In fact this is precisely the logic on which the Bank of England—the first successful modern central bank—was originally founded. In 1694, a consortium…

— David Graeber

By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And the UK…

— Tom Hodgkinson

Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.

— Joseph Stiglitz

“There has been much talk about the alleged exploitation of the debtor nations by the creditor nations. But if the concept of exploitation is…

— Ludwig von Mises

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

— George Osborne

Your debt to me, Belovèd, Is one You cannot pay In any coin of any realm On any reckoning day. Kingmaker II

— KM II

“The criminalization of debt, then, was the criminalization of the very basis of human society. It cannot be overemphasized that in a small community,…

— David Graeber

In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her…

— George Bancroft

“The true remedy for such an injurious condition is to strengthen the regional bases and limit the control and absorption of the national finances…

— Isabel Paterson

“A return to classical bank policy would deem loans fraudulent and annul debts when creditors do not lend with any reasonable calculation of how the…

— Michael Hudson

“The only currency to satisfy the debt was their survival and to help others when circumstances permitted.”

— Colson Whitehead

“Mortgages were less about getting people into property than getting them into debt. Someone had to absorb the surplus supply of credit.”

— Douglas Rushkoff