Abraham Lincoln

In the course of Human events if the people will not come together to accept the responsibility of protecting and care for their neighbor and his or her rights with an equal enthusiasm they have for their own rights then they have lost the genius of their “own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.” Abraham Lincoln, September 11, 1858.

“Accustomed to trampling on the rights of others you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.” Abraham Lincoln, September 11, 1858.

“The Government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the Government and the buying power of consumers. By the adoption of these principles, the taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest. Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power."

“The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of Government, but it is the Government's greatest creative opportunity. By the adoption of these principles, the long-felt want for a uniform medium will be satisfied. The taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest, discounts and exchanges. The financing of all public enterprises, the maintenance of stable government and ordered progress, and the conduct of the Treasury will become matters of practical administration. The people can and will be furnished with a currency as safe as their own government. Money will cease to be the master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.” -President Abraham Lincoln, signed the Legal Tender Act, allowing paper money.