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"
But
money
demands
of
you
the
highest
virtues
,
if
you
wish
to
make
it
or
to
keep
it
.
Men
who
have
no
courage
,
pride
or
self
-
esteem
,
men
who
have
no
moral
sense
of
their
right
to
their
money
and
are
not
willing
to
defend
it
as
they
defend
their
life
,
men
who
apologize
for
being
rich
—
will
not
remain
rich
for
long
.
They
are
the
natural
bait
for
the
swarms
of
looters
that
stay
under
rocks
for
centuries
,
but
come
crawling
out
at
the
first
smell
of
a
man
who
begs
to
be
forgiven
for
the
guilt
of
owning
wealth
.
They
will
hasten
to
relieve
him
of
the
guilt
—
and
of
his
life
,
as
he
deserves
.
"
Then
you
will
see
the
rise
of
the
men
of
the
double
standard
—
the
men
who
live
by
force
,
yet
count
on
those
who
live
by
trade
to
create
the
value
of
their
looted
money
—
the
men
who
are
the
hitchhikers
of
virtue
.
In
a
moral
society
,
these
are
the
criminals
,
and
the
statutes
are
written
to
protect
you
against
them
.
But
when
a
society
establishes
criminals
-
by
-
right
and
looters
-
by
-
law
—
men
who
use
force
to
seize
the
wealth
of
disarmed
victims
—
then
money
becomes
its
creators
’
avenger
.
Such
looters
believe
it
safe
to
rob
defenseless
men
,
once
they
’
ve
passed
a
law
to
disarm
them
.
But
their
loot
becomes
the
magnet
for
other
looters
,
who
get
it
from
them
as
they
got
it
.
Then
the
race
goes
,
not
to
the
ablest
at
production
,
but
to
those
most
ruthless
at
brutality
.
When
force
is
the
standard
,
the
murderer
wins
over
the
pickpocket
.
And
then
that
society
vanishes
,
in
a
spread
of
ruins
and
slaughter
.
"
Do
you
wish
to
know
whether
that
day
is
coming
?
Watch
money
.
Money
is
the
barometer
of
a
society
’
s
virtue
.
When
you
see
that
trading
is
done
,
not
by
consent
,
but
by
compulsion
—
when
you
see
that
in
order
to
produce
,
you
need
to
obtain
permission
from
men
who
produce
nothing
—
when
you
see
that
money
is
flowing
to
those
who
deal
,
not
in
goods
,
but
in
favors
—
when
you
see
that
men
get
richer
by
graft
and
by
pull
than
by
work
,
and
your
laws
don
’
t
protect
you
against
them
,
but
protect
them
against
you
—
when
you
see
corruption
being
rewarded
and
honesty
becoming
a
self
-
sacrifice
—
you
may
know
that
your
society
is
doomed
.
Money
is
so
noble
a
medium
that
it
does
not
compete
with
guns
and
it
does
not
make
terms
with
brutality
.
It
will
not
permit
a
country
to
survive
as
half
-
property
,
half
-
loot
.
"
Whenever
destroyers
appear
among
men
,
they
start
by
destroying
money
,
for
money
is
men
’
s
protection
and
the
base
of
a
moral
existence
.
Destroyers
seize
gold
and
leave
to
its
owners
a
counterfeit
pile
of
paper
.
This
kills
all
objective
standards
and
delivers
men
into
the
arbitrary
power
of
an
arbitrary
setter
of
values
.
Gold
was
an
objective
value
,
an
equivalent
of
wealth
produced
.
Paper
is
a
mortgage
on
wealth
that
does
not
exist
,
backed
by
a
gun
aimed
at
those
who
are
expected
to
produce
it
.
Paper
is
a
check
drawn
by
legal
looters
upon
an
account
which
is
not
theirs
:
upon
the
virtue
of
the
victims
.
Watch
for
the
day
when
it
bounces
,
marked
:
‘
Account
overdrawn
.
’
"
When
you
have
made
evil
the
means
of
survival
,
do
not
expect
men
to
remain
good
.
Do
not
expect
them
to
stay
moral
and
lose
their
lives
for
the
purpose
of
becoming
the
fodder
of
the
immoral
.
Do
not
expect
them
to
produce
,
when
production
is
punished
and
looting
rewarded
.
Do
not
ask
,
‘
Who
is
destroying
the
world
?
’
You
are
.
"
You
stand
in
the
midst
of
the
greatest
achievements
of
the
greatest
productive
civilization
and
you
wonder
why
it
’
s
crumbling
around
you
,
while
you
’
re
damning
its
life
-
blood
—
money
.
You
look
upon
money
as
the
savages
did
before
you
,
and
you
wonder
why
the
jungle
is
creeping
back
to
the
edge
of
your
cities
.
