Ezra Pound, (1885-1972) American poet Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-7] of 7 Ezra Pound quotesEzra Pound QuotesEzra Pound Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.~ Ezra Pound Sovereignty inheres in the right to issue money. And the American sovereignty belongs by right to the people, and their representatives in Congress have the right to issue money and to determine the value thereof. And 120 million, 120 million suckers have lamentably failed to insist on the observation of this quite decided law. ... Now the point at which embezzlement of the nation's funds on the part of her officers becomes treason can probably be decided only by jurists, and not by hand-picked judges who support illegality.~ Ezra Pound The phase of the usury system which we are trying to analyze is more or less Patterson's perception that the Bank of England could have benefit of all the interest on all the money that it creates out of nothing. ... Now the American citizen can, of course, appeal to his constitution, which states that Congress shall have power to coin money or regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin. Such appeal is perhaps quixotic.~ Ezra Pound That text is known to them that have the patience to read it, possibly one one-hundredth of one percent of the denizens. They forget it, all save a few Western states. I think somebody in Dakota once read it. The Constitution.~ Ezra Pound Liberty is not a right but a duty.~ Ezra Pound I think an alliance with Stalin's Russia is rotten.~ Ezra Pound Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.~ Ezra Pound Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print