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“To a proprietor of a mine, the silver money is a produce with which he buys what he has occasion for. To all those through whose hands this silver afterwards passes, it is only the price of the produce which they themselves have raised by means of their property in land, their capitals, or their industry. In selling them they in the first place exchange them for money, and afterwards they exchange the money for articles of consumption.”

Firsts Mean Hands Politics Economy Land Produce Mines Industry Property Raised Selling Occasions Liberalism Silver Articles Consumption

Book:Letters to Thomas Robert Malthus on Political Economy and Stagnation of Commerce

Source: Letters to Thomas Robert Malthus on Political Economy and Stagnation of Commerce

“A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician.”

Politics Politician Occasions Statesmen

Book:A Memorial of Daniel Webster: From the City of Boston

Source: A Memorial of Daniel Webster: From the City of Boston

“There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.”

People Politics Belief Effects Occasions

Author:Friedrich Schiller

“I was tenaciously opposed by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank, who had seats in parliament, and I had the City for an antagonist on almost every occasion.”

Political Politics Cities Occasions Seats Governors Parliament Antagonist Deputies Every Occasion

Author:William E. Gladstone

“There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.”

Two Political Politics President Prayer Occasions Privacy Fishing Fly Fishing Funny Fishing

Book:Addresses Upon the American Road

Source: Addresses Upon the American Road

“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”

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Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787

Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787