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What would people think of a tradesman, that was to give a ball in his shop, hire performers, and hand refreshments about, with a view to benefit his business?

— Jean-Baptiste Say A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832)

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Law has been unjustly charged with the whole blame of the calamities resulting from the scheme that bears his name.

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The sea and wind can at the same time convey my neighbour's vessel and my own.

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An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were wise enough to adopt such an expedient.

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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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What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites?

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