Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2000-11-14 Nov 14, 2000When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.~ Benjamin FranklinWhoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.~ James A. GarfieldGive me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws.~ Mayer Amschel Rothschild Nov 13, 2000All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.~ John Adams Nov 10, 2000Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.~ Woodrow Wilson Nov 9, 2000Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us -- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.~ Carl Sagan Nov 8, 2000The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.~ Daniel Webster Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print