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Each central banksought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world. (Carroll Quigley)
The growth of financial capitalism made possible a centralization of world economic control and use of this power for the direct benefit of financiers and the indirect injury of all other economic groups. View quote
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Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. View quote
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Once again the mastermind was Lionel Curtis, and the earlier Round Table Groups and Institutes of International Affairs were used as nuclei for the new network. View quote
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The supply of money in a single country was subject to no centralized, responsible control in most countries over recent centuries. View quote
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In this Western point of view, evil and sin were negative qualities they arose from the absence of good, not from the presence of evil. View quote
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It never occurred to anyone in a responsible position that Germany and Russia might make common cause, even temporarily, against the West. View quote
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The bankers made loans to business so that the volume of money increased faster than the increase in goods. The result was inflation. View quote
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