Borrow Authority From Scarcity

gold

is, along with silver, not by nature money, but money is by nature gold and silver.

Although gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver. Karl Marx

is dead earth, for which many men sacrifice life and lose heaven.

gold - Dead earth, for which many men sacrifice life and lose heaven.

is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity.

Gold is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity. Karl Marx

is the most useless thing in the world. It is merely a symbol of real objects.

Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is merely a symbol. Henry Ford

is a material whose finest specimins are not obtained from the earth but from Chinese screens.

The finest gold is not obtained from the earth but from Chinese screens.

is a silly game in which the one who hits the ball least wins.

I could never believe in a game where the one who hits the ball least wins. Winston Churchill