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Refusing to heed his argument the French people had again to be…
Quote byAndrew Dickson White · 1832–1918
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Seven Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with Unreason (1915), Footnote - For a short account of the Assignats and Mandats of the French Revolution, see Fiat Money Inflation in France, How it Came, What it Brought, and How it Ended by Andrew D. White (New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1896)..
English (original)
Refusing to heed his argument the French people had again to be punished more severely than in John Law's time: the over-issue of assignats and mandats during the Revolution came forty years after his warning; and paper money inflation was again paid for by widespread bankruptcy and ruin.
— Andrew Dickson White
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