#1 Sun, Aug 14, 2011 - 12:53pm
August 15, 1971
https://www.24hgold.com/english/contributor.aspx?article=803452874G10020&contributor=History+of+Gold
One of the most surreal speeches in American political history. We will fight inflation by devaluing the dollar. We will protect the value of the dollar by defaulting on our promise to keep it redeemable in gold. "The effect of this action will be to stabilize the dollar."
Edited by: ouchtouch on Nov 8, 2014 - 5:04am