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An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions.

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I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
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I’m always amazed that my wife can handle different subjects – one day politics, the next day foreign policy.
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In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.
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I’m a plain soap kind of guy.
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Senator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn’t exist’.
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Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.
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Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated by professionals is unnecessary.
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Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking.
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If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries.
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To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education – literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
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And the percentage changes in wage rates would be the same for all job grades.
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American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.
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They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
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I have one other issue I’d like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here.
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When trust is lost, a nation’s ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
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If we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.
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There are no easy choices. Easy choices are long gone.
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The increased flexibility of our economy, which has fostered our extraordinary resilience to shocks.
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Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported higher asset prices.
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Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.
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Senator, if I seem clear to you, you must have misunderstood me’.
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We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures.
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Without calling the overall national issue a bubble, it’s pretty clear that it’s an unsustainable underlying pattern.
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Since I’ve become a central banker, I’ve learned to mumble with great incoherence.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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We may be in a rapidly evolving international financial system with all the bells and whistles of the so-called new economy. But the old-economy rules of prudence are as formidable as ever. We violate them at our own peril.
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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said.
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