Josiah Tucker Quotes

1713–1799 Wales

Josiah Tucker (also Josias) (December 1713 – 4 November 1799), also known as Dean Tucker, was a Welsh churchman, known as an economist and political writer. He was concerned in his works with free trade, Jewish emancipation and American independence.

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A Shop-keeper will never get the more Custom by beating his Customers: And what is true of a Shop-keeper, is true of a Shop-keeping Nation.

A Letter from a Merchant in London to His Nephew in North America (1766)

Why truly; if we will grant the Colonies all that they shall require, and stipulate for nothing in Return; then they will be at Peace with us. I believe it; and on these simple Principles of simple Peace-making I will engage to terminate every Difference throughout the World.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Josiah Tucker (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.