"The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains……" — Nassau William Senior
"The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness."
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14 Quotes by Nassau William Senior
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To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among…
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But that the reasoning from these facts, the drawing from them correct conclusions, is a matter of great difficulty, may…
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With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political…
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We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production,…
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The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science…
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One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right…
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The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it…
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The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed,…
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Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of…
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Our object in these remarks has been not only to account for the slow progress which has as yet been…
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That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles…
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That the powers of labour, and of the other instruments which produce wealth, may be indefinitely increased by using their…
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