14+ Bernard von NotHaus Quotes On Education, Religion And Art

Bernard von NotHaus is an American political activist, economic theorist, and critic of the Federal Reserve System. He is best known for his Liberty Dollar, a private currency he created in 1998 as an alternative to the US dollar. He was convicted of counterfeiting in 2011 and sentenced to six months of house arrest and two years of probation. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Bernard von NotHaus on education, religion, life.

Without your right to have money that holds it's value, all else just fails because you don't have any real money. — Bernard von NotHaus

When I was on tour, people would say "We don't need a value-based currency, we can go out and buy gold and silver with US dollars now." I mean that it is so utterly brain dead, because they miss the whole point: the reason we need to have a gold and silver based currency is to bring discipline to the financial system so the government can't go out and do all sorts of bad things. — Bernard von NotHaus

The thing that distinguishes America is that it is a republican form of government - anything that is not outlawed or specifically barred or regulated by the [Constitution] is LEGAL. — Bernard von NotHaus

I may make light of being a domestic terrorist, but if they can brand me a domestic terrorist and confiscate all my materials, and then expand into confiscating other people's materials, and then go after Gibson Guitars and so many other different people... they can go after you, they can go after everybody, we could all be "terrorists." That's really the big concern. — Bernard von NotHaus

Germany doesn't have a Bill of Rights, England doesn't have a Bill of Rights, nobody else has a Bill of Rights. You know, the United States is very unique, and that is in the Bill of Rights and the fact that one third of the population is armed... nobody's armed in Canada, nobody's armed in England, nobody's armed in Germany, it's amazing, the United States is a really stand alone class act. — Bernard von NotHaus

Appeal can't happen until I've been sentenced. — Bernard von NotHaus

I'm not the government. Nor would I EVER want to be the government - I don't know how you feel about government, but I'm not really happy about them. — Bernard von NotHaus

The reason we need to have a gold and silver based currency is to bring discipline to the financial system so the government can't go out and do all sorts of bad things. — Bernard von NotHaus

When the money goes bad, everything else goes bad. — Bernard von NotHaus

Most people are cowards. — Bernard von NotHaus

I'm very proud to say I only took one course in economics in college, and it was on Saturday morning - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 o'clock. Now I don't know what your college experience was like, but I'll tell ya, on Saturday morning at 8 o'clock, the last thing I wanted to do was go to economics class. — Bernard von NotHaus

When it comes to the Federal Reserve, there's an awful lot of books out there; in my library, I bet I've got 200 books if I've got any on the Federal Reserve. And we don't need any more books, we need action, and that's what the Liberty Dollar did, it gave people a way to take action. Our catch phrase was you want to "make money, do good, and have fun," and people really responded to that. — Bernard von NotHaus

Every statute for terrorism requires violence. — Bernard von NotHaus

The physical manifestation of gold is nothing more than the physical manifestation of value itself. — Bernard von NotHaus

Life Lessons by Bernard von NotHaus

1. Bernard von NotHaus taught us the importance of challenging the status quo and questioning the value of government-backed currency.
2. He showed us that it is possible to create alternative currencies that are not dependent on government-backed money.
3. He demonstrated that it is possible to create a currency that is backed by a commodity, such as gold or silver, and that can be used as a viable alternative to traditional currencies.