*"I have two great enemies, the southern army in front of me and the
financial institutions, in the rear. Of the two, the one in the rear is
the greatest enemy..... I see in the future a crisis approaching that
unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a
result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of
corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the
country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the
prejudices of the people until wealth is aggregated in a few hands and
the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the
safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of the war." ~ 16th President Abraham Lincoln ~ written in reference to the passage of the
National Banking Act of 1863 less than five months before he was
assassinated in a letter to one Col. William F. Elkins, referenced in
Emanuel Hertz's 1931 book, Abraham Lincoln: A New Portrait.
*"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of
their currency, first by inflation then by deflation, the banks and the
corporations will grow up around them, will deprive the people of all
property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their
fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and
restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." ~ 3rd President Thomas Jefferson ~
The Debate Over The Recharter Of The Bank Bill, (1809)
*"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies." ~ 3rd President Thomas Jefferson ~
*"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master
of all industry and commerce." ~ 20th President James A. Garfield ~ (1831-1881)
*"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not
the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand
that gives is above the hand that takes... Money has no motherland;
financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object
is gain." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ 1815
*"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws." ~ Mayer Amschel Rothschild ~ 1790
*"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers
own the Earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to
create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough
deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all
the great fortunes like mine will disappear, and they ought to
disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But
if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own
slavery, let them continue to create deposits." ~ Sir Josiah Stamp ~
President of the Bank of England in the 1920's, the second richest man
in Britain.
*"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse,
intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control
over governments by controlling money and its issuance." ~ 4th President James Madison ~
*"You are a den of vipers and thieves and I intend to rout you out, and
by the eternal God, I will rout you out. If Congress has the right to
issue paper money, it was given them to be used by themselves, and not
to be delegated to individuals or corporations.." ~ 17th President Andrew Johnson ~ Address to Congress 1829
*"The division of the United States into federations of equal force was
decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of
Europe. These bankers were afraid that the US, if they remained as one
block, and as one nation, would attain economic and financial
independence which would upset their financial domination over the
world." ~ Otto von Bismark ~ Chancellor of Germany 1876
Don't these quotes describe our current economic situation?
Historical leaders voiced major opposition towards the banking institutions, and after enduring our present day last several years of bank fraud and corporate corruption, I'd say it makes sense to take heed to history.
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