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— Irving Fisher"Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to supply money they do not possess"
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Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with a flick of a pen they will create enough to buy it back.
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The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
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