It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
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… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
To the labor of man alone Smith ascribes the power of producing values. This is an error. A more exact analysis demonstrates... that all… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
No human being has the faculty of originally creating matter, which is more than nature itself can do. But any one may avail himself… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so? — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
All travellers agree that protestant are both richer and more populous than catholic countries;and the reason is, because the habits of the former are… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
The quantity of money, which is readily parted with to obtain a thing is called its price. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be ascertained, before… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Freedoms and apprenticeships are likewise expedients of police,not of that wholesome branch of police, whose object is the maintenance of the public and private… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Capital can seldom be made productive, without undergoing several changes both of form and of place, the risk of which is always more or… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
