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For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make the Spanish people richer. It gave their kings an edge in the balance of power for a time, a chance to hire more mercenary soldiers for their wars. They ended up losing those wars anyway, and all that was left was a deadly inflation, a starving population, the rich richer, the poor poorer, and a ruined peasant class.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Hans Konig |

If this phrase of the balance of power is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | John Bright |