Free Society Quotes
Sometimes falsely attributed to Jordan B. Peterson (even though he credits Solzhenitsyn).
In the 19th century, most people, like Spooner, saw the combination of money and politics as per se corrupting—much like the view of John McCain in the 21st century. Howver, by then all of politics had been dependent on money. However, distrust of government and politicians prevailed, with money paying a large part of the distrust. Spooner was against the government levying taxes and thought that governments should be financed by the voluntary contributions of money or labor of the citizens. His idea was something like a religious and biblical tithing.
This quotation was a slight paraphrase from a Quotation from the great American orator and abolutionist Wendell Phillips. See Quotation 401914.
Although not particularly noticed at the time, FDR was the first person to use the term, “Human Rights” which is today in all our vocabularies.
This quotation as such has not been found in Jefferson's writings, but it is entirely consistent with Jefferson's philosophy and practice
Economists they world over have differed as to how critical it was to have a money supply that is based on a gold standard or other precious metal. United States history has had a dispute over whether the money should be backed by gold or silver. Finally, under the Richard M. Nixon administration, the United States went off the gold standard and American money ever since is only backed by the ‘full faith and credit’ of the United States. Some politicians like Paul believe this is a poor policy since it allows governments to control their own money supply irrespective of their gold or silver holdings. Paul goes further than most and sees freedom itself dependent on a precious metal standard. Most politicians disagree.
