Financial Tyranny Quotes

Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.

The miracle of compounding returns has been overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs.

You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

The records of the period show that the outcry against the concentration of capital was furious. Men believed that it threatened society with a form of tyranny more abhorrent than it had ever endured.

... idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy in which man is reduced to one of his needs alone: consumption.

The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly human goal.

The agreement [Bretton Woods] will enthrone a world dictatorship of private finance more complete and terrible than the Hitlerite dream. It offers no solution of world problems, but quite blatantly sets up controls which will reduce the smaller nations to vassal states and make every government the mouthpiece and tool of International Finance. It will undermine and destroy the democratic institutions of this country - in fact as effectively as ever the Fascist forces could have done -- pervert and paganise our Christian ideals; and will undoubtedly present a new menace, endangering world peace. World collaboration of private financial interests can only mean mass unemployment, slavery, misery, degradation and financial destruction. Therefore, as freedom loving Australians we should reject this infamous proposal.

To make a Bill or Note bearing no Interest, and not payable till after a dozen or score of Years, a legal Tender … in Payment of Debts, is the highest of despotick and arbitrary Government