The Large Banking Interests Were Deeply Interested

The Money Problem Facing The Country From 1789 To 1896 Existed Because Congress Never Exercised Is Authority To "coin Money Or Regulate The Value Thereof" - But Rather Delegated That Authority, Sometimes By Charter And Sometimes By Default, To The Banking System. This Despite The Provision In The Constitution That Charged Congress With The Power To 'coin Money, Regulate The Value Thereof, And Of Foreign Coin, And Fix The Standards Of Weight And Measures.'

My Place In History Will Depend On What I Can Do For The People And Not On What The People Can Do For Me.

The Government Being The Peoples Business, It Necessarily Follows That Its Operations Should Be At All Times Open To The Public View. Publicity Is Therefore As Essential To Honest Administration As Freedom Of Speech Is To Representative Government. Equal Rights To All And Special Privileges To None Is The Maxim Which Should Control In All Departments Of Government.

Only Those Who Believe Attempt The Seemingly Impossible.

The Imperial German Government Will Not Expect The Government Of The United States To Omit Any Word Or Any Act Necessary To The Performance Of Its Sacred Duty Of Maintaining The Rights Of The United States And Its Citizens And Of Safeguarding Their Free Exercise And Enjoyment.