Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency...and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry. It's not for anything other than an escape from what is perceived to be a fiat money system, paper money, that seems to be deteriorating.

[Republicans] swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose.

The tub helps me relax, and it's a great place to read.

But rules cannot substitute for character.

Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.

Rules cannot take the place of character.

Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.