Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune ✓

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[Wikipedia] Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism. He is thought to have been the first political economist to have postulated somet

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It is not error which opposes the progress of truth; it is indolence, obstinacy, the spirit of routine, every thing which favors inaction. Error
The whole mass of humanity . . . marches constantly, though slowly, toward greater perfection. Constantly
Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. He snatched the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from tyrants. From
The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages… Advantage

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