in what document did jefferson state: "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them, will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
2007-12-16 06:47:31 · 3 answers · asked by T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
He said it in 1802 in a letter to then Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.CA94
2007-12-16 06:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 1802, Jefferson included these comments in a letter to then Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, and later published in The Debate Over The Recharter Of The Bank Bill (1809).
(I could not find a copy of the letter or debate literature. However, these details are cited on dozens of websites.)
2007-12-16 07:11:55 · answer #2 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jefferson's inaugural address? i should know this, we're learning about it in school, but i'm not sure.
2007-12-16 06:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋