Re: Keynes quote--private reply

["Etelberto Ortiz Cruz" <orce1301@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem of the possibility to rob people issuing money comes from
Galeani , who observes that the "prince" is the first to be tempted with the
possibility to comitt fraud.
Etelberto Ortiz
-----Mensaje original-----
De: William B. Ryan <william_b_ryan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Para: pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fecha: Lunes, 08 de Julio de 2002 12:21 p.m.
Asunto: Re: Keynes quote--private reply


>A text search from my electronic version of *The Consequences* returns
>this:
>
>"Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy
>the capitalist system was to debauch the currency. By a
>continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate,
>secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their
>citizens. By this method they not only confiscate, but they
>confiscate arbitrarily; and, while the process impoverishes many,
>it actually enriches some."
>
>Keynes is attributing the thought to Lenin, not himself.
>
>--
>William B. Ryan
>william_b_ryan@xxxxxxxxxx - email
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>
>
>
>---- "William B. Ryan" <william_b_ryan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The quote is circulated by conspiracy theorists, and is usually
attributed
>> to Keynes' *The Economic Consequences of the Peace.*
>>
>> It is also attributed to the Rothschild's:
>>
>> ?By this means government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the
>> wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the
>> theft?
>> -- Rothschild Brothers of London, in a letter discussing their new
>> banking
>> scheme with fellow conspirators on June 25, 1863
>>
>> Which leads me to believe it is probably spurious.
>>
>> --
>> William B. Ryan
>> william_b_ryan@xxxxxxxxxx - email
>> voicemail/fax - 1-866-678-3967 - toll free
>>
>>
>>
>> ---- Alan G Isaac <aisaac@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > What is the source of this quote?
>> >
>> > "By this means government may secretly
>> > and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the
>> > people, and not one man in a million will detect
>> > the theft."
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Alan Isaac
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>