for those who don't want to click on a link to see what book : )
"Shaka, when the walls fell. Timba, his eyes wide open. Darmok and Jilad at Tenagra."
"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."
The Dollar Meltdown by Chales Goyette
for those who don't want to click on a link to see what book : )
"Shaka, when the walls fell. Timba, his eyes wide open. Darmok and Jilad at Tenagra."
"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."
-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Francisco's "Money Speech"