The spectacle of a
The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world. Garet Garrett
Government
Between government in the
Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is mortal enmity. Garet Garrett
Formerly government was the
Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government. Garet Garrett
There is a long
There is a long history of monetary experience. It tells us that government is at heart a counterfeiter and therefore cannot be trusted to control money, and that this is true of both autocratic and popular government. Garet Garrett
If people cannot limit
If people cannot limit government they will not for long be free. Garet Garrett
Government is the natural
Government is the natural enemy of freedom. Garet Garrett
There is in government
There is in government a living impulse to extend itself indefinitely; and there is in freedom a necessity to resist that impulse. Garet Garrett
No government can provide
No government can provide social security. It is not in the nature of government to be able to provide anything. Government itself is not self-supporting. It lives by taxation. Therefore, since it cannot provide for itself but by taking toll of what the people produce, how can it provide social security for the people? Garet … Read more
If the great Government
If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds. Garet Garrett
In America, we need
In America, we need to go forward in nationalizing several large corporations: I think that’s possible; we nationalized General Motors; we nationalized several of the big banks, de facto; we nationalized Chrysler; we nationalized AIG. I think there will be more crises, and at some point, rather than being bailed out by the government, the … Read more