One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money. Jean-Baptiste Say More Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Say More Quotes From Jean-Baptiste Say But what must be the character of that policy, which aims at national prosperity through the impoverishment of a large proportion of the home producers, with a view to supply foreigners at a cheaper rate, and give them all the benifet of the national privation and self denial? Jean-Baptiste Say self home character capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature. Jean-Baptiste Say power-of-nature employed strengthening A much larger value is consumed in lettuces than in pineapples,throughout Europe at large; and the superb shawls of Cachemere are, in France, a very poor object in trade, in comparison with the plain cotton goods of Rouen. Jean-Baptiste Say pineapples cotton europe The United States will have the honour of proving experimentally, that true policy goes hand in hand with moderation and humanity. Jean-Baptiste Say united-states humanity hands Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be ascertained, before the remedy is devised. Jean-Baptiste Say remedy mischief causes An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were wise enough to adopt such an expedient. Jean-Baptiste Say principles weight wise The luxury of ostentation affords a much less substantial and solid gratification, than the luxury of comfort, if I may be allowed the expression. Jean-Baptiste Say luxury expression comfort In times of political confusion, and under an arbitrary government, many will prefer to keep their capital inactive, concealed, and unproductive, either of profit or gratification, rather than run the risk of its display. This latter evil is never felt under a good government. Jean-Baptiste Say government evil running With respect to the present time, there are few persons who unite the qualifications of good observers with a situation favourable for accurate observation. Jean-Baptiste Say observation accurate situation The quantity of money, which is readily parted with to obtain a thing is called its price. Jean-Baptiste Say quantity No human being has the faculty of originally creating matter, which is more than nature itself can do. But any one may avail himself of the agents offered him by nature, to invest matter with utility. Jean-Baptiste Say agents creating may 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. Jean-Baptiste Say population want country The wants of mankind are supplied and satisfied out of the gross values produced and created, and not out of the net values only. Jean-Baptiste Say gross mankind want Capital must work, as it were, in concert with industry; and this concurrence is what I call the productive agency of capital. Jean-Baptiste Say concurrence concerts agency The occupation of the stock-jobber yields no new or useful product; consequently having no product of his own to give in exchange, he has no revenue to subsist upon, but what he contrives to make out of the unskilfulness or ill-fortune of gamesters like himself. Jean-Baptiste Say yield occupation giving A treasure does not always contribute to the political security of its possessors. It rather invites attack, and very seldom is faithfully applied to the purpose for which it was destined. Jean-Baptiste Say political purpose doe The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever profit by it: yet in point of fact, all value, and consequently, all wealth, originates with the people. Jean-Baptiste Say administration temptation people What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks? Jean-Baptiste Say stills greek civilization The celebrated Adam Smith was the first to point out the immense increase of production, and the superior perfection of products referable to this division of labour. Jean-Baptiste Say division perfection firsts Capital can seldom be made productive, without undergoing several changes both of form and of place, the risk of which is always more or less alarming to persons unaccustomed to the operations of industry; whereas, on the contrary, landed property produces without any change of either quality or position. Jean-Baptiste Say quality risk made
