Political Quotes

Lysander Spooner: Thus it is that the monopoly of money is the one great obstacle to the liberation of the laboring classes all over the…

On the record
Thus it is that the monopoly of money is the one great obstacle to the liberation of the laboring classes all over the world, and to their indefinite progress in wealth.
Said by
Lysander Spooner

Editor's note · Context

Spooner argues that the control of money is a significant barrier to the progress of the working class globally.

Share

More from Lysander Spooner

It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.

gutenberg.org

And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.

gutenberg.org

What else than ignorance of the law is it that excuses persons under the years of discretion, and men of imbecile minds?

gutenberg.org

The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.

gutenberg.org