"I found so many Jews and speculators here trading in cotton, and secessionists had become so open in refusing anything but gold, that I have felt myself bound to stop it. The gold can have but one use - the purchase of arms and ammunition... Of course, I have respected all permits by yourself or the Secretary of the Treasury, but in these new cases (swarms of Jews), I have stopped it."

-- William Tecumseh Sherman

#Gold Quotes #Use Quotes #Cotton Quotes

“Certain travelers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.”
“Remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy.”
“God wants you to have a good life, a life filled with love, joy, peace, and fulfillment. That doesnâ€™t mean it will always be easy, but it does mean that it will always be good.”
“Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs.”
“To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.”
“I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.”
“Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals.”
“As South Korea shows, active participation in international trade does not require free trade. Indeed, had South Korea pursued free trade and not promoted infant industries, it would not have become a major trading nation. It would still be exporting raw materials (e.g., tungsten ore, fish, seaweed) or low-technology, low-price products (e.g., textiles, garments, wigs made with human hair) that used to be its main export items in the 1960s.”

Source : Ha-Joon Chang (2007). “Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism”, Bloomsbury Press

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