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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy

Book by John Stuart Mill · 9 quotes · Done, Economics, Economy

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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy Quotes

“Political Economy as a branch of science is extremely modern; but the subject with which its enquiries are conversant has in all ages necessarily constituted one of the chief practical interests of mankind.”

“To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.”

“In all the more advanced communities the great majority of things are worse done by the intervention of government than the individuals most interested in the matter would do them, or cause them to be done, if left to themselves.”