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If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of capital, and the encouragement of productive industry;…
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It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return…
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Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.
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By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be…
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For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.
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Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.
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There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down....
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A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in…
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After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food…
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A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general effect on price, and for that reason…
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The exchangeable value of all commodities rises as the difficulties of their production increase.
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In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain…
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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
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Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.
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Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and blame the…
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Grief is like manure, if you spread it out it fertilizes, if you leave it in a big pile it smells like…
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The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look…
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When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring?
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The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in all its forms.
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Well, I can do certain jobs because smells don't bother me. But that means I'm usually the one at the ranch cleaning…
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You need bad things to make good things. It’s like with farming— if you want to grow a good crop, you need…
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