Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure. John Buchanan Robinson More Quotes by John Buchanan Robinson More Quotes From John Buchanan Robinson It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty. John Buchanan Robinson armykingspeople Modern money is almost altogether credit money. John Buchanan Robinson moderncredit Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times. John Buchanan Robinson silvergolduse Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows. John Buchanan Robinson panicgoldrunning At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only. John Buchanan Robinson financialpapergold But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them. John Buchanan Robinson individualacceptingrealization Not an old woman that buys a paper of pins, without yielding a part of the price to the banks as interest! John Buchanan Robinson pinsinterestpaper There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation. John Buchanan Robinson currencygoldenough The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest. John Buchanan Robinson suitsusemay There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense. John Buchanan Robinson misinterpretedegoismmodern But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals. John Buchanan Robinson dominationidealsinterest In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism. John Buchanan Robinson idealism-and-realisminterpretationmodern In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest. John Buchanan Robinson interestuseway The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament. John Buchanan Robinson communitylandspecial According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek. John Buchanan Robinson happinesssympathypeople However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you. John Buchanan Robinson wifemaychildren For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe. John Buchanan Robinson stand-alonemidstuniverse You are forever alone. John Buchanan Robinson forever Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone. John Buchanan Robinson thoughts-and-emotionsemotion There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings. John Buchanan Robinson feelings
