Golden quotes

"O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor." Lord Byron

"There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation."John B. Robinson

"Whoever has the gold makes all the rules." Source Unknown

"Why then, is gold the unmentionable, four letter word of economics? ... The answer is threefold: A misunderstanding of the role of money; a misreading of history; and finally, visceral revulsion to the notion that a metal can do a better job of guiding monetary policy than a gaggle of finance ministers, central bankers and well-degreed economists." Malcom Forbes

"Indeed, there can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold, which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence." Charles de Gaulle

"By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade." Hugh McCulloch

"Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory." Bernard M. Baruch

"Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them." David Ricardo

"Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money." Alfred Marshall

"Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired." Aurelius Clemens Prudentius