Tag: Quotations

Belief in absurdities traps you …

Apr 12, 2014

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loquendolaxe

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Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~ Voltaire
The Bank’s Benefit

Mar 27, 2014

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loquendolaxe

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~ William Paterson :: speaking for the newly formed Bank of England (1694) William Paterson (1658 – January 22, 1719) was a Scottish trader usually credited as the founder of the Bank of England and of the Bank of Scotland. {Loquendo asserts: This claim can be contested, but for the purposes of this blog-post, we…
Voltaire’s True Value of Currency

Mar 21, 2014

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loquendolaxe

in Intl_Banking, Philosophical

Paper money [i.e., currency] eventually returns to its intrinsic value … ZERO Voltaire (1729)