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The world has not been hindered in its progress, but immensely aided in it, by England.
The National System of Political Economy (1841)
We have already observed that the fortunes or misfortunes of individuals are dependent upon the maintenance of the independence and progress of the whole nation.
The Natural System of Political Economy (1837)
Finally, a nation should not regard the progress of industries from a purely economic point of view. Manufactures become a very important part of the nation‘s political and cultural heritage.
The Natural System of Political Economy (1837)
The nation … must sacrifice some present advantages in order to insure to itself future ones.
The National System of Political Economy (1841)
From the nation they draw all the benefits of civilisation, enlightenment, progress, and social and political institutions, as well as advances in the arts and sciences.
The Natural System of Political Economy (1837)
It is indeed strange to see at the same time the present Ministry of England … jealously watch to prevent every progress of other rival nations, particularly of the United States.
Outlines of American Political Economy (1827)
… the Union can grow powerful only by fostering the manufacturing interest. This, Sir, I think the true American political economy.
Outlines of American Political Economy (1827)
Educational facilities will be extended and better standards of morality will be established. Political institutions, too, will be improved. In this way a backward nation can develop into a progressive state.
The Natural System of Political Economy (1837)
For the more rapid the growth of a spirit of industrial invention and improvement, of social and political reform, the wider becomes the gap between stationary and progressive nations, and the more dangerous it is to remain on the further side.
The National System of Political Economy (1841)
It is no more than fair that England, now that she has attained the culminating point of her industrial growth and progress, should restore again to the nations of Continental Europe a portion of those productive forces which she originally derived from them.
The National System of Political Economy (1841)
… every nation which makes no forward progress sinks lower and lower, and must ultimately fall
The National System of Political Economy (1841)
… Following these examples every responsible government should strive to remove those obstacles that hinder the progress of civilisation and should stimulate the growth of those economic forces that a nation carries in its bosom.
The Natural System of Political Economy (1837)
But politics demands, in the interests of each separate nation, guarantees for its independence and continued existence, special regulations to help its progress in culture, prosperity, and power, to build its society into a perfectly complete and harmoniously developed body politic, self-contained and independent.
The National System of Political Economy (1841)