Quotessence
Home / Books / A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

Book by Jean-Baptiste Say · 14 quotes · Individual, Made, Nations

Filter quotes by topic

AllIndividualMadeNationsObservationPoliticalTaxesWantAccurateAcquireAidsArbitraryAssuranceAuthorityBallsBenefitsCalamityCarefulCirclesCirculationCivilization

A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth Quotes

“It is a melancholy but an undoubted fact, that, even in the most thriving countries, part of the population annually dies of mere want. Not that all who perish from want absolutely die of hunger; though this calamity is of more frequent occurrence than is generally supposed.”

WantCountryFactsDiesMereHungerPopulationMelancholyCalamity
Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth
Create image

“Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the circle in mathematics, is impracticable, for want of a common mean or measure to go by.”

WantMeanDifferentPoliticalNationsWealthCommonEconomyImpossibleSucceedMathematicsCirclesErasComparePolitical EconomyDifferent Eras
Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth
Create image

“If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires a privilege and at the cost of the whole community; it can make sure of profits not altogether due to the productive services rendered, but composed in part of an actual tax upon consumers for its private profit' which tax it commonly shares with the authority that thus unjustly lent its support.”

IfsPhilosophyWholePoliticalIndividualCommunityClassSupportShareEffectsCostTaxesAuthorityCompetitionPrivilegeProfitDuesAidsConsumersClassicAcquireProductivePolitical Philosophy
Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth
Create image