Actually in the original book, the slippers were silver and were meant to be the stepping stone to gold, and reflect an economy that didn't use fractional reserve banking.
“Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority.
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.
There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern.
They promise to be good masters,
but they mean to be masters."; ~ Daniel Webster,
14th & 19th US Sec'y of State
(1782-1852)
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