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# John Ramsay McCulloch

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John Ramsay McCulloch was a Scottish economist, author and editor, widely regarded as the leader of the Ricardian school of economists after the death of David Ricardo in 1823. He was appointed the first professor of political economy at University College London in 1828. He wrote extensively on eco

##  Quotes by John Ramsay McCulloch

> [No arbitrary regulation, no act of the legislature, can add anything to the capital of the country; it can only force it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ramsay-mcculloch/no-arbitrary-regulation-no-act-of-the-legislature-can-add-anything-to/)

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> [Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ramsay-mcculloch/etiquette-is-the-ceremonial-code-of-polite-life-more-voluminous-and/)

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> [The principle of laissez-faire may be safely trusted to in some things but in many more it is wholly inapplicable; and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ramsay-mcculloch/the-principle-of-laissez-faire-may-be-safely-trusted-to-in-some/)

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> [It is to labor, and to labor only, that man owes everything possessed of exchangeable value. Labor is the talisman that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ramsay-mcculloch/it-is-to-labor-and-to-labor-only-that-man-owes-everything-possessed/)

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