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What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites?
Jean-Baptiste Say
The sea and wind can at the same time convey my neighbour's vessel and my own.
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The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth.
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A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small number of truths are loosely laid hold of, without their connexion being perceived, and numerous errors, without being enabled to detect their fallacy.
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One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.
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Capital can seldom be made productive, without undergoing several changes both of form and of place, the risk of which is always more or less alarming to persons unaccustomed to the operations of industry; whereas, on the contrary, landed property produces without any change of either quality or position.
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I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.
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The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.
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The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.
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Every individual, from the common mechanic, that works in wood or clay, to the prime minister that regulates with the dash of his pen the agriculture, the breeding of cattle, the mining, or the commerce of a nation, will perform his business the better, the better he understands the nature of things, and the more his understanding is enlightened.
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Demand and supply are the opposite extremes of the beam, whence depend the scales of dearness and cheapness; the price is the point of equilibrium, where the momentum of the one ceases, and that of the other begins.
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Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers.
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The love of domination never attains more than a factitious elevation, that is sure to make enemies of all its neighbours.
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When a tree, a natural product, is felled, is society put into possession of no greater produce than that of the mere labour of the woodman?
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A nation or an individual, will do wisely to direct consumption chiefly to those articles, that are longest time in wearing out, and the most frequently in use.
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A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.
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In times of political confusion, and under an arbitrary government, many will prefer to keep their capital inactive, concealed, and unproductive, either of profit or gratification, rather than run the risk of its display. This latter evil is never felt under a good government.
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regulation is useful and proper, when aimed at the prevention of fraud or contrivance, manifestly injurious to other kinds of production, or to the public safety, and not at prescribing the nature of the products and the methods of fabrication.
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The wants of mankind are supplied and satisfied out of the gross values produced and created, and not out of the net values only.
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But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so?
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What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks?
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A shop-keeper in good business is quite as well off as a pedlar that travels the country with his wares on his back. Commercial jealousy is, after all, nothing but prejudice: it is a wild fruit, that will drop of itself when it has arrived at maturity.
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