Comments on: Tracing the bogus Thomas Jefferson bank quote

By: Mark Turner

Mark Turner — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:29:33 +0000

Yes, that particular quote is well-documented. Its the “inflation” one that seems to be bogus – a blend of the quote you provided and pure fiction.

Thanks for visiting!
Mark

By: rdwatersagltd

rdwatersagltd — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:17:48 +0000

F.Y.I. – I know this is almost a month old, but I happened to run across you blog. Here’s what I found at bartleby.com:

I sincerely believe … that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.

ATTRIBUTION: Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, May 28, 1816, to political philosopher and senator John Taylor, whose book An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States (1814) had argued against the harmful effects of finance capitalism.
BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia.

Direct link: http://www.bartleby.com/66/29/30729.html

All the best to you in Raleigh, NC from Newton, NC!

By: scootdawg

scootdawg — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:56:00 +0000

are you sure he said that?

By: Mark Turner

Mark Turner — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:11:51 +0000

Good strategy. As Winston Churchill said, it pays to be skeptical!

By: ralph

ralph — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:55:54 +0000

I have found that I need to listen to political quotes with blank faced skepticism. Thank God for Google!