The best thing I read recently:

“People will almost always say, if asked, that they want as much money as they can get! But what they really want is not more units of money -- more gold ounces or "dollars" -- but more effective units, i.e., greater command of goods and services bought by money. We have seen that society cannot satisfy its demand for more money by increasing its supply -- for an increased supply will simply dilute the effectiveness of each ounce, and the money will be no more really plentiful than before.”

- What Has Government Done to Our Money? By Murray N. Rothbard