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The fate of America is already decided — Behold her independent beyond recovery. — But will She be free and happy?

— Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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The productions of the earth require long and difficult preparations, before they are rendered fit to supply the wants of men.

Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766)

He seized the lightning from Heaven and the scepter from the Tyrants.

Every soil does not produce every material.

Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766)

The earth has been cultivated before it has been divided; the cultivation itself having been the only motive for a division, and for that law which secures to every one his property.

Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766)

He snatched the thunderbolt from heaven, the sceptre from tyrants.

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