13 Quotes by Josiah Stamp

The bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take away from them the power to create money and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money.

The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases.

But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit.

Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin.

The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing.

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

The individual source of the statistics may easily be the weakest link.

A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half full.

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.