What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites? — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
The luxury of ostentation affords a much less substantial and solid gratification, than the luxury of comfort, if I may be allowed… — 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… — 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
