David Graeber Quote

One element, however, tends to go flagrantly missing in even the most vivid conspiracy theories about the banking system, let alone in official accounts: that is, the role of military power. There's a reason why the wizard has such a strange capacity to create money out of nothing. Behind him there is a man with a gun.

Chapter Twelve, "1971–The Beginning…", p. 364 - Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011)