Peace is the natural state of man, war the temporary repeal of reason and virtue.

The international monetary order is more precarious by far today than it was in 1929. Then, gold was international money, incorruptible, unmanageable, and unchangeable. Today, the U.S. dollar serves as the international medium of exchange, managed by Washington politicians and Federal Reserve officials, manipulated from day to day, and serving political goals and ambitions. This difference alone sounds the alarm to all perceptive observers.

...there seems to be a correlation between the intensity of the official attacks on gold and the severity of monetary crises.

Centers of unionism are also the centers of unemployment.

Since there is no orderly way to liquidate the federal debt, we must brace for a payment crisis.

When all the mysticism is stripped away, the people who comprise the government (the legislators, administrators, judges, and policemen), are guided by human interests, desires, beliefs, notions, and prejudices, just like other people. They have neither superhuman wisdom nor extraordinary virtue.

Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.