The Wealth of Shadows Quotes

“Surely the plague of lawyers is a worse plague of Egypt than the pharaohs ever knew.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“Remember that credit is money.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“I hope the United States will keep out of this war. I believe that it will. And I give you assurance and reassurance that every effort of your government will be directed toward that end.” Did the president know of the plots developing within his own administration? Was he aware that what he was saying was, strictly speaking, untrue? “As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.” —Ludwig von Mises”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“Anyone can make a coin. What turns that coin into money is when the government says that it’s the only thing you can use to pay your taxes. Put it another way: The words that matter most on a dollar bill are not one or dollar, but rather This note is legal tender for all debts public and private. Money is whatever the government says it accepts as payment for taxes.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“The ratio of words uttered to substance communicated rose, minute by minute, to unfathomable levels.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“A great and horrible attack was to come, and all Chamberlain could do was ready the shelters. Driving in, Ansel could already feel that the waiting must be the hardest part. What would it be like to live here realizing that the world as you’d known it was gone? That something was soon to fall, at a time you could not predict, and in a manner you could only dread? A nightmare loomed above the mansard roofs.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows

“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.”
― Graham Moore, The Wealth of Shadows