Hume Quote by Jean-Baptiste Say

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

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

The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so?

— Jean-Baptiste Say

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

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

The quantity of money, which is readily parted with to obtain a thing is called its price.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

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

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

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

capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

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