Best David Ricardo Quotes
- The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community. Always Opposed
- Rent is the portion of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the user of the original and indestructible powers of the soil Earth
- Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed… Arbitrary
- Again two manufacturers may employ the same amount of fixed, and the same amount of circulating capital; but the durability of their fixed capitals may… Amount
- As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value of raw produce, he is interested, as well as the… Additional
- But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed. Affect
- If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would… Commodity
- If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased… Classes
- If the quantity of labour realized in commodities, regulate their exchangeable value, every increase of the quantity of labour must augment the value of that… Augment
- If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our capital from the cultivation of such lands, and import the… Capital
- In comparing therefore the value of the same commodity, at different periods of time, the consideration of the comparative skill and intensity of labour, required… Attended
- In stating the principles which regulate exchangeable value and price, we should carefully distinguish between those variations which belong to the commodity itself, and those… Belong
- The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the… Amount
- The proportions, too, in which the capital that is to support labour, and the capital that is invested in tools, machinery and buildings, may be… Buildings
- The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state. Advancing
- There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits. Fall