> Michael Perelman wrote:
> Since this list is such a font of information, perhaps somebody can
> help me run down a better source for this citation.
>
Here's an interesting passage from what looks like a one-man anti-conspiracy site. He claims Quigley's original quote is a fake; that it doesn't appear in the original pamphlet; and he gives fairly recent cite for where to find the pamphlet.
Quigley himself could possibly have taken it from an earlier work that supposedly makes the same quote and also attributes it to Paterson: Eric D. Butler, The Enemy Within the Empire, A Short History of the Bank of England [Melbourne, 1941, p.3.]
The full article this is excerpted from is available at: http://www.floodlight.org/theory/bofe2.html
The quote is one of the most widely used in
all of conspiracy theory writings. It takes its life from a book
entitled Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time by
professor Carroll Quigley of Georgetown University. First published in
1966, the book is widely read and used by conspiracy theorists in
their vain attempts to prove a global conspiracy. It should be noted
as well that Quigley himself repudiated conspiracy theories. The quote
comes from page 49 of Quigleys text. The original quote is as follows,
"the bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out
of nothing." <snip> If either Still, Griffin or Mullins
had bothered to check Quigleys accuracy, he would have found that
Paterson never made any such statement in the circular mentioned. The
circular that Quigley mentions was published in 1694, and took as its
title, A Brief Account of the Intended Bank of England.[15]
15) Saxe Bannister, The Writings of William Paterson: Founder of the
Bank of England (London: Judd & Glass, 1859) Reprinted New York:
August M. Kelley Publishers, 1968. P. 79-91