Quote: Henry Ford the banking system and a revolution tomorrow

[Victor Steinbok]

Here's another interesting quote of a similar nature--I'm amazed
something like this has not been repurposed by the Tea Party and
attributed to one of their mythical heroes.

http://goo.gl/OaAwF
Tax Facts. Published in the Interest of Sound Economics and American
Ideals. Volume 5(9). Los Angeles: January 1927
Tax News. p. 34/2
> If the people of America knew how much indirect tax they are paying to
> Federal and State governments, there would be a revolution, I verily
> believe.
> --Governor Donahey of Ohio

Guggenheim's quote I sent earlier would please the opposite crowd.
Here's how another publication treated that line without quoting directly.

http://goo.gl/ZNExy
Single Tax Review. Volume 15(1). New York: January-February 1915
U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations. p. 43/1
> Daniel Guggenheim, of the American Smelting and Refining Co., thought
> it was the duty of the United States government to take care of the
> people and was of the opinion that there would be a revolution now in
> consequence of the large number of unemployed if it were not for
> private charity.

I wish I had more to say about the quote in question, but I don't.

     VS-)

On 11/14/2011 6:31 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
> A journalist asked me about a saying attributed to the quintessential
> industrialist Henry Ford that is currently being tweeted. Here is an
> example:
>
> If the people understood the banking system, there would be a
> revolution tomorrow. Henry Ford
>
> Versions of this quotation have been used by occupy people, tea party
> activists, trade unionists, and people that dislike the Federal
> Reserve System.

On 11/14/2011 9:08 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> I've found something unrelated, but possibly of interest to quote
> collectors.
>
>> Were it not for philantropic work there would be a revolution here.
>
> This is a statement made by Daniel Guggenheim some time late in 1914.
> The line is repeated in several union magazines of the period, but
> they likely are copying the story from each other.

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