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I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money.

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"I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people"

- Richard McKenna

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