"Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants - but debt is the money of slaves."
Norm Franz, Money and Wealth in the New Millenium
"Where such a shift in power is in favor of the governing elite, Power will achieve its murderous potential. It simply waits for an excuse, an event of some sort, an assassination, a massacre in a neighboring country, an attempted coup, a famine, or a natural disaster, to justify the beginning of murder en masse. Most state sponsored murder occurs under the cover of war, revolution, or guerrilla war, or in their aftermath."
R. J. Rummel