Avarice And Injustice Are Always Shortsighted, And

Both Ground- Rents And The Ordinary Rent Of Land Are A Species Of Revenue Which The Owner, In Many Cases, Enjoys Without Any Care Or Attention Of His Own. The Annual Produce Of The Land And Labour Of The Society, The Real Wealth And Revenue Of The Great Body Of The People, Might Be The Same After Such A Tax As Before. Ground-rents, And The Ordinary Rent Of Land Are, Therefore, Perhaps The Species Of Revenue Which Can Best Bear To Have A Peculiar Tax Imposed Upon Them.

The Liberal Reward Of Labour, Therefore, As It Is The Affect Of Increasing Wealth, So It Is The Cause Of Increasing Population. To Complain Of It, Is To Lament Over The Necessary Effect And Cause Of The Greatest Public Prosperity.

As Soon As Government Management Begins It Upsets The Natural Equilibrium Of Industrial Relations, And Each Interference Only Requires Further Bureaucratic Control Until The End Is The Tyranny Of The Totalitarian State.

Upstart Greatness Is Everywhere Less Respected Than Ancient Greatness.

Corn Is A Necessary, Silver Is Only A Superfluity.