Art Quote by Libreria Editrice Vaticana

By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not…

— David Ricardo

On the whole it may be observed, that the specific use of a body of unproductive consumers, is to give encouragement to wealth by…

— Thomas Malthus

Goods are theirs that enjoy them.

— George Herbert

“It is not from their intrinsic nature that goods gain the character of economic goods, but through their relation to men and through their…

— Sandye Gloria-Palermo

“As to the essence of Commerce and Manufacture, it is this: to establish bonds between every corner of the earth’s surface and every other…

— Voltairine de Cleyre

Those instrumental goods which should serve to maintain the life and health of all human beings should be produced by the least possible labour…

— Albert Einstein

What a country wants to make it richer is never consumption, but production. Where there is the latter, we may be sure that there…

— John Stuart Mill

We must not cast away riches which can benefit our neighbor. Possessions were made to be possessed; goods are called goods because they do…

— Clement of Alexandria

Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom consume the…

— Adam Smith

In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use…

— Alfred Marshall

Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense. Economic benefits…

— Thomas Sowell

“In all buying, consider, first, what condition of existence you cause in the producers of what you buy; secondly, whether the sum you have…

— John Ruskin