"By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have myself no more doubt that these metals were prepared by the Almighty for this very purpose, than I have that iron and coal were prepared for the purposes in which they are being used."

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Source : Hugh McCulloch (1970). “Men and Measures of Half a Century; Sketches and Comments”

Hugh McCulloch

#Iron Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Gold Quotes

“Believers in the doctrines of modern Christendom will reap damnation to their souls.”
“To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.”
“I would rather be happy and feel fulfilled and challenged every single day than just sit somewhere and get by.”
“Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches.”
“Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.”
“Before I was 20, I was the leading architect of the Southwest.”
“Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you.”
“If nature leads us to mathematical forms of great simplicity and beautyâ€”by forms, I am referring to coherent systems of hypotheses, axioms, etc.â€”to forms that no one has previously encountered, we cannot help thinking that they are â€œtrue,â€ that they reveal a genuine feature of natureâ€¦. You must have felt this too: the almost frightening simplicity and wholeness of the relationships which nature suddenly spreads out before us and for which none of us was in the least prepared.”

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